Willa Cather''s My Ántonia is considered one of the most significant American novels of the twentieth century. Set during the great migration west to settle the plains of the North American continent, the narrative follows Antonia Shimerda, a pioneer who comes to Nebraska as a child and grows with the country, inspiring a childhood friend, Jim Burden, to write her life story. The novel is important both for its literary aesthetic and as a portrayal of important aspects of American social ideals and history, particularly the centrality of migration to American culture.
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Nació en 1876. Su primera novela, Alexander’s Bridge, se publicó en 1912. En 1913 publicó Pioneros (ALBA, Nº L) a la que siguieron Mi Ántonia (1918;ALBA Nº XXXV), One of Ours (1922), que mereció el premio Pulitzer, La muerte y el arzobispo (1927), Shadows on the Rock (1931). También es autora de Una dama extraviada(1923; ALBA Nº LX), Mi enemigo mortal (1926; ALBA Nº XXXII), Para mayores de cuarenta (1936; ALBA Nº LV) y Los libros de cuentos (ALBA Nº XXXI). Murió en 1947.