薇拉·凯瑟(英語:Willa Cather,1873年12月7日—1947年4月24日[1]),美國作家,以"One of Ours"一書,於1923年得到普立茲獎,作品以擅長描寫女性及美國早期移民的拓荒開墾生活而聞名(著作如《哦·拓荒者!》及《我的安東妮亞》),為美國重要的鄉土作者之一。她在内布拉斯加州长大,毕业于内布拉斯加大学。在匹兹堡生活和工作了十年,然后在她33岁时搬到了纽约,在那里度过了余生。
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薇拉·凯瑟生於維吉尼亞州溫徹斯特,9岁时隨家人移居内布拉斯加州,薇拉有六个弟妹:Roscoe,Douglass,Jessica,James,John和Elsie。[2]根据薇拉的传记作者Hermione Lee描述,薇拉与弟弟关系很好,与妹妹关系不十分亲密。[3]在女性長輩的財務支持下,她毕业于内布拉斯加大学,成為當時少數擁有大學學歷的女性之一,她熱愛寫作,學生時期常在Nebraska State Journal發表文章[4],大學畢業後當過高中教師及 McClure's 雜誌社總編輯。
^Woodress, James Leslie. Willa Cather: A Literary Life, Omaha, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1987, p. 516. Cather's birth date is confirmed by a birth certificate and a January 22, 1874 letter of her father's referring to her. While working at McClure's Magazine, Cather claimed to be born in 1875. After 1920, she claimed 1876 as her birth year. That is the date carved into her gravestone at Jaffrey, New Hampshire.
^Lewis, Edith. Willa Cather Living: A Personal Record, New York: Alfred Knopf, 1953, pp. 5–7.
^Lee, Hermione. Willa Cather: Double Lives. New York: Pantheon, 1989, p. 36.
^O'Brien, Sharon. Willa Cather: The Emerging Voice. New York: Oxford, 1987. pp. 96–113.
^Lewis, Edith. Willa Cather Living: A Personal Record, p. 38. New York: Alfred Knopf, 1953
^Rolfe, Lionel. (2004). The Uncommon Friendship of Yaltah Menuhin & Willa Cather. American Legends/California Classics Books, 168 pp. ISBN 1-879395-46-0.
^Willa Cather, Novelist, Dies Of Stroke At 70. Chicago Tribune. 1947-04-25 [2009-12-10]. (原始内容存档于2012-11-03). Willa Cather, one of America's foremost novelists and short story writers died here today, reportedly of a cerebral hemorrhage. Miss Cather, who had ...