The Oxford Companion to English Literature | 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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