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4 unusual facts about Cather


Laura Diffenderfer

The work was presented at the Red Cloud Opera House, which Cather attended as a child.

In 2008, Laura presented "A Wagner Matinee," an evening-length work based on the writings of Willa Cather.

Neighbour Rosicky

In “Neighbour Rosicky” Cather portrays a realistic image of the immigration and settlement process, through Anton Rosicky’s story.

Willa Cather migrated in 1883 with her family to the plains of Nebraska.


Achsah Barlow Brewster

The Brewsters were remarkable in numbering among their circle of friends many prominent artistic, literary and political figures, including D.H. Lawrence and Willa Cather, both of whose writings they influenced, Elihu Vedder, Vachel Lindsay and three generations of the Nehru family.

April Twilights

It has been noted that Cather broaches 'the enduring aura of a homosexual myth' as she alludes to Antinous several times in her poems.

Counterfeit for Murder

The series of black-and-white telemovies stars Tino Buazzelli (Nero Wolfe), Paolo Ferrari (Archie Goodwin), Pupo De Luca (Fritz Brenner), Renzo Palmer (Inspector Cramer), Roberto Pistone (Saul Panzer), Mario Righetti (Orrie Cather) and Gianfranco Varetto (Fred Durkin).

Rouen Cathedral

Willa Cather sets a key scene in the development of the protagonist Claude Wheeler of One of Ours in the cathedral.

The Golden Spiders

Other members of the principal cast of The Golden Spiders who would continue in the A&E series A Nero Wolfe Mystery include Bill Smitrovich (Inspector Cramer), Colin Fox (Fritz Brenner), Fulvio Cecere (Fred Durkin), R.D. Reid (Sergeant Purley Stebbins) and Trent McMullen (Orrie Cather).

The Sculptor's Funeral

Cather wrote a feature story about the first anniversary of his death of Reinhart in 1897, when a monument was raised in Allegheny Cemetery in Pittsburgh.

Vintage Classics

Vintage is now a paperback publisher of contemporary fiction and non-fiction, publishing writers such as Philip Roth, Ian McEwan, Richard Yates, Willa Cather, Martin Amis and Toni Morrison.


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