Cather, Willa Sibert
Cather, Willa Sibert ( 1876 – 1947 ),American novelist, born in Virginia, but brought up from the age of 8 in Nebraska, and educated at the University of Nebraska. After a period of teaching and journalism, during which she published her first book of poems, April Twilights ( 1903 ), and a book of short stories, The Troll Garden ( 1905 ), she worked on the staff, then as editor, of McClure's Magazine in New York from 1906 to 1912 . Her first novel, Alexander's Bridge ( 1912 ), was followed by O Pioneers! ( 1913 ), about a Swedish immigrant family struggling to establish itself in the Nebraskan prairies; The Song of the Lark ( 1915 ), a study of the professional dedication of an opera singer, Thea Kronberg; My Ántonia ( 1918 ), the story of an immigrant girl from Bohemia, settled in Nebraska, narrated by her childhood friend Jim Burden ; and One of Ours ( 1922 )....
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