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。
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.
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 ...