Background

Cather, Willa was born on December 7, 1876 in Winchester, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Charles F. and Mary Virginia (Boak) Cather.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University of Nebraska, 1895, Doctor of Letters, 1917. The Doctor of Letters, University of Michigan, 1924, Columbia, 1928, Yale, 1930, Princeton, 1931. Doctor of Laws, University of California, 1931.

Unmarried.

Career

Editor McClure’s Magazine, 1906-1912.

Achievements

• Willa Cather has been listed as a notable author by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: April Twilights, 1903. The Troll Garden, 1905. Alexander’s Bridge, 1912.
    
    O Pioneers, 1913

  • The Song of the Lark, 1915. My Antonia, 1918

  • Youth and the Bright Medusa, 1920. One of Ours (Pulitzer prize novel), 1922.
    
    A Lost Lady, 1923

  • The Professor’s House, 1925. My Mortal Enemy, 1926. Death Comes for the Archbishop, 1927.
    
    Shadows on the Rock, 1931. Obscure Destinies, 1932. Lucy Gayheart, 1935

  • Not Under Forty, 1936.
    
    Sapphira and the Slave Girl, 1940. Awarded Prix Femina Americaine, 1933, “for distinguished literary accomplishment.” Member American Academy Arts and Letters.

Membership

Member American Academy Arts and Letters.

Connections

Father:

Charles F. Cather

Mother:

Mary Virginia (Boak) Cather