57:), Cather met Annie when she began working for Carrie and Irene Miner (the real life inspirations for Frances and Nina Harling in the novel). Cather said: "She was one of the truest artists I ever knew in the keenness and sensitiveness of her enjoyment, in her love of people and in her willingness to take pains" (Bohlke 44).
60:
When Annie was a young woman, she - like
Antonia in the novel - returned to Webster County, pregnant, after being left by a railroad employee, James William Murphy. Back in her hometown, she gave birth to her daughter in 1892. In 1896, she married John Pavelka (Cuzak in the novel), with whom she had
68:, which may have been the inspiration for the final chapters of the novel, in which Jim Burden returns to Nebraska to visit Ántonia and her family. Annie Pavelka died in 1955, but her family members remain actively engaged in preserving her memory.
45:
in
Nebraska in 1880. In Bohemia, František was a weaver and a musician, and Cather's novel dramatizes his transition from his former profession to farming. Following her father's death, Annie moved to
168:
41:(now Czech Republic), though her date of birth is unknown for certain. She and her parents, František and Anna Sadílek, and siblings moved to north central
163:
178:
54:
64:
Cather and Annie reconnected in 1915, and they corresponded for years afterwards. In 1916, Cather made a trip to the
143:
42:
49:
to work with the Miner and Garber families. According to the
Historical Essay in the Scholarly Edition of
183:
173:
46:
65:
138:
157:
25:
20:
19:
is best known as the real life inspiration for the character
Antonia Shimerda in
38:
109:
86:
61:twelve children, three of whom died in childhood.
144:The Story Behind the 1936 Annie Pavelka Letter
8:
77:
7:
169:People from Webster County, Nebraska
14:
164:American people of Czech descent
179:People from Red Cloud, Nebraska
116:. University of Nebraska Press
110:"My Antonia Scholarly Edition"
89:. University of Nebraska Press
87:"My Antonia Scholarly Edition"
1:
55:University of Nebraska Press
17:Anna (Annie) Sadilek Pavelka
200:
139:Willa Cather's Biography
43:Webster County, Nebraska
47:Red Cloud, Nebraska
37:Annie was born in
108:Mignon, Charles.
85:Mignon, Charles.
66:Pavelka Farmstead
191:
126:
125:
123:
121:
105:
99:
98:
96:
94:
82:
199:
198:
194:
193:
192:
190:
189:
188:
154:
153:
149:
135:
133:Further reading
130:
129:
119:
117:
107:
106:
102:
92:
90:
84:
83:
79:
74:
35:
23:'s 1918 novel,
12:
11:
5:
197:
195:
187:
186:
181:
176:
171:
166:
156:
155:
147:
146:
141:
134:
131:
128:
127:
114:Cather Archive
100:
76:
75:
73:
70:
34:
31:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
196:
185:
182:
180:
177:
175:
172:
170:
167:
165:
162:
161:
159:
152:
150:
145:
142:
140:
137:
136:
132:
115:
111:
104:
101:
88:
81:
78:
71:
69:
67:
62:
58:
56:
52:
48:
44:
40:
33:Personal life
32:
30:
28:
27:
22:
18:
184:Willa Cather
151:
148:
118:. Retrieved
113:
103:
91:. Retrieved
80:
63:
59:
50:
36:
24:
21:Willa Cather
16:
15:
174:1955 deaths
158:Categories
72:References
51:My Ántonia
26:My Ántonia
120:14 March
93:14 March
39:Bohemia
122:2016
95:2016
160::
112:.
29:.
124:.
97:.
53:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.