She also received a gold medal in fiction from the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1944, a prestigious award given for an author’s total accomplishments. In 1923, her novel “One of Ours,” set during World War I, received a Pulitzer Prize, and she was the first woman to receive an honorary degree from Princeton in 1931. Among her well-renowned works include “O Pioneers!” “A Lost Lady” and “Shadows on the Rock” remain as one of her best-selling and most significant novels.Ĭather received honors and appreciation for her writings. Cather became a prolific writer, her notable works and novels on frontier life receiving public recognition. In 1903, a vanity press published her first book of poetry, “April Twilights,” and left editorial work in 1912 to pursue her passion and become a full-time writer and poet. Cather worked as a journalist for various publications and as a school teacher in Pittsburgh and later moved to New York City. She spent her college studies at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, initially planning to become a physician before changing her major and graduating in 1895 with a bachelor’s degree in English. Cather enjoyed visiting and listening to the stories of the older immigrant women, and this exposed her to the Old culture figures, evident in her literary works.
She grew up in the wide-open prairies of the Great Plains and became captivated with the customs and languages of the diverse immigrants from Europe in Webster County. Born on December 7, 1873, in Back Creek Valley, Virginia, Willa Cather was one of the greatest American novelists of the 20th century, gaining national recognition for her depictions of individuals within local cultures on the western plains and their frontier life.Ĭather spent her early years in Virginia before moving to Nebraska with her family in 1883, living in the village of Red Cloud.
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