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About Willa Cather
American writer
Willa Cather was an American writer known for her novels about life on the Great Plains. Born Willa Sibert Cather, she is especially associated with works such as O Pioneers!, The Song of the Lark, and My Ántonia. Her fiction often turns to the people, landscapes, and endurance of the American frontier. In 1923, she won the Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours, a novel set during World War I.
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Books by Willa Cather
My Ántonia
2005
O Pioneers!
1994
The Song of the Lark
1915
One of Ours
1922
A Lost Lady
2001