Cather, Willa Sibert

Japanese: キャザー（英語表記）Cather， Willa Sibert

Born December 7, 1873 in Winchester, Virginia.
Died April 24, 1947. New York. American female writer. She moved to Nebraska at the age of nine, where she became familiar with the local culture and the lives of immigrants from various countries. After graduating from the University of Nebraska, she became involved in journalism and later became a teacher in Pittsburgh. In 1903, she published her first collection of poems, April Twilights, followed by a collection of short stories, The Troll Garden (1905). Influenced by the female writer Jewett, she began to turn her attention to the environment in which she grew up, and discovered her original themes in O Pioneers! (13) and My Antonia (18), which depict the pioneer spirit and courage against the backdrop of life in Nebraska. She then established her fame with One of Ours (22), for which she received the Pulitzer Prize. Other novels with strong regional flavor include A Lost Lady (23), Death Comes for the Archbishop (27), Lucy Gayheart (35), and Sapphira and the Slave Girl (40).

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Japanese:

[生]1873.12.7. バージニア，ウィンチェスター
[没]1947.4.24. ニューヨーク
アメリカの女流作家。9歳のときネブラスカに移住，その風土と各国からの移民の生活に親しんだ。ネブラスカ州立大学卒業後，ピッツバーグでジャーナリズムに関係，また教職についた。 1903年処女詩集『4月のたそがれ』 April Twilights，次いで短編集『トロールの庭』 The Troll Garden (1905) を発表。やがて女流作家ジュエットの影響もあって，自分の育った環境に目を向けるようになり，ネブラスカの生活を背景に開拓者魂と勇気を描いた『おお開拓者よ』O Pioneers! (13) ，『私のアントニア』 My Antonia (18) によって作者本来のテーマを見出し，次いで『われらの一人』 One of Ours (22) でピュリッツァー賞を受け名声を確立した。その他，いずれも地方色豊かな小説『迷える夫人』A Lost Lady (23) ，『大司教に死は来る』 Death Comes for the Archbishop (27) ，『ルーシー・ゲイハート』 Lucy Gayheart (35) ，『サファイラと奴隷娘』 Sapphira and the Slave Girl (40) など。

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