Word: willa
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Author. Willa (Sibert) Cather was born December 7, 1876. Virginian by birth she is Middle-Western by adoption and bringing-up. She is a graduate of the University of Nebraska, was once employed on the Pittsburgh Daily Leader and later became associate editor of McClure's Magazine. For some years she has devoted herself entirely to writing, and is at present living in France. Her works include Alexander's Bridge, 0 Pioneers, My Antonia (her best work till the appearance of A Lost Lady), The Song of the Lark, One of Ours (Pulitzer Prize-winner...
...LOST LADY - Willa Cather - Knopf...
...personality of Willa Cather is characterized chiefly by firmness. She is positive, determined, a trifle withdrawn. Her charm is undeniable, yet it has the air of being at times carefully reserved for a greater occasion. She has no great interest in the small affairs of the world, yet she is gracious and her opinions, when vouchsafed, are well considered and delivered with positiveness. She would find folly a difficult companion. This precision of thought a.nd character illuminates her writing. It is, perhaps, what makes My Antonia and A Lost Lady the works of art which they...
...York Times: "There is no reason why Stella Dallas should not place Mrs. Prouty immediately amid such writers as Zona Gale and Willa Cather...