In 1933 she was awarded the Prix Femina Americaine “for distinguished literary accomplishments.” In 1922 Cather won the Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours, the story of a Western boy in World War I. Cather became the managing editor for McClure’s Magazine in 1906 and lived for forty years in New York City with her companion Edith Lewis. She is known for her beautifully evocative short stories and novels about the American West. Willa Cather (1873-1947) was born in Virginia and raised on a Nebraska ranch.
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