Willa Cather, Marker

Title

Willa Cather, Marker

Contributor

Bysterbusch, Hailey

Biographical Text

Red circular plaque with white lettering.
The plaque describes the Washington Place apartment in which Cather wrote Alexander’s Bridge in 1912. It emphasizes the significance of New York City in Cather’s career, as well as the career of Richard Wright.

Text

WILLA CATHER 1873 - 1947
RICHARD WRIGHT 1908 - 1960
Willa Cather, author of My Antonia, wrote her first novel, Alexander's Bridge, here in 1912. Richard Wright, author of Native Son, wrote his autobiography, Black Boy, here in 1945.
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Type

English Signage

Bibliographic Citation

Willa Cather 1873 - 1947/Richard Wright 1908 - 1960, The Historical Marker Database

Alexander's Bridge/The "Other" First Novel, The Willa Cather Archive