Willa Cather

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American writer human journalist literary critic novelist short story writer

Willa Cather was a prominent American novelist best known for her evocative depictions of frontier life on the Great Plains in works such as "My Ántonia" and "O Pioneers!".

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Cather 1
Wilella Sibert Cather 1
Willa Cather bibliography 1

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instanceOf American writer ⓘ
human ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
awardReceived Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ⓘ
surface form: Pulitzer Prize for the Novel
causeOfDeath cerebral hemorrhage ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1873-12-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1947-04-24 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Nebraska–Lincoln ⓘ
familyName Willa Cather self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cather
fieldOfWork American literature ⓘ
literature ⓘ
regionalism ⓘ
fullName Willa Cather self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Wilella Sibert Cather
genre historical fiction ⓘ
realist fiction ⓘ
regional fiction ⓘ
givenName Wilella ⓘ
influencedBy Henry James ⓘ
Sarah Orne Jewett ⓘ
knownFor depictions of frontier life on the Great Plains ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement Realism ⓘ
surface form: American literary realism

modernism ⓘ
notableAwardWork One of Ours ⓘ
notableWork A Lost Lady ⓘ
Death Comes for the Archbishop ⓘ
Lucy Gayheart ⓘ
My Ántonia ⓘ
O Pioneers! ⓘ
One of Ours ⓘ
Sapphira and the Slave Girl ⓘ
Shadows on the Rock ⓘ
The Song of the Lark ⓘ
occupation journalist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Frederick County, Virginia ⓘ
Gore, Virginia ⓘ
placeOfBurial Jaffrey, New Hampshire ⓘ
placeOfDeath Manhattan ⓘ
surface form: Manhattan, New York

New York City ⓘ
religion Episcopalian ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Red Cloud, Nebraska ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ

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A Lost Lady → author → Willa Cather ⓘ
O Pioneers! → author → Willa Cather ⓘ
Shadows on the Rock → author → Willa Cather ⓘ
Willa Cather → familyName → Willa Cather self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cather
Willa Cather → fullName → Willa Cather self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wilella Sibert Cather
Sarah Orne Jewett → influenced → Willa Cather ⓘ
Sapphira and the Slave Girl → partOf → Willa Cather ⓘ
this entity surface form: Willa Cather bibliography