薇拉·凯瑟(1837—1947)是世界闻名的女作家。1837年她在美国弗吉尼亚州出生,之后跟随父母来到中西部的内布拉斯加州,并在那里度过人生。正如她后来回顾时所说,那里当时是欧洲人——斯拉夫人、德国人、斯堪的纳维亚人、拉丁人混居之地,那里一片荒凉有着各种各样的传统文化。这片荒凉的土地并没有自己的历史和传统,但是在经过岁月的沉淀后,一个新的历史和传统正是在她的见证之下逐步形成了。 Vera Cather (1837-1947) is a world famous woman writer. She was born in Virginia, USA, in 1837, and followed her parents to Nebraska, Midwest, where she lived her life. As she later recalled, there was a place where Europeans - Slavs, Germans, Scandinavians, and Latins - were mixed with desolations of a wide variety of traditional cultures. This desolate land does not have its own history and tradition, but after years of settling down, a new history and tradition have been formed under her witness.