“The fact that I was a girl never damaged my ambitions to be a pope or an emperor.”

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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

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O Pioneers!

1994

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The Song of the Lark

1915

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One of Ours

1922

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A Lost Lady

2001

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