Anna Kavan was a British novelist, short story writer and painter. Originally publishing under her first married name, Helen Ferguson, she adopted the name Anna Kavan in 1939, not only as a nom de plume but as her legal identity. - Wikipedia
Anna Kavan
×Close
British novelist, short story writer, and painter (1901–1968)
| Born | 10 April 1901 |
| Died | 5 December 1968 |
53 works Add another?
Most Editions
Most Editions
First Published
Most Recent
Top Rated
Reading Log
Trending
Random
Anna Kavan
×Close
British novelist, short story writer, and painter (1901–1968)
| Born | 10 April 1901 |
| Died | 5 December 1968 |
Subjects
Fiction, Fiction, psychological, Psychological fiction, Autobiographical fiction, Fiction, general, surrealism fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, bildungsroman, female emancipation, Abusive Men, Biography, English Psychological fiction, English Short stories, English literature, Fiction, romance, general, Fiction, sagas, Fiction, thrillers, general, Married people, fiction, Mental illness, Mentally ill women, Psychiatric hospital patients, Technology and civilization, autobiographical, Abusive men, American NovelistsPlaces
London, Far East, jungle, mountain, mountains, room, Bandol, Bellevue hotel, Bellevue sanatorium, Blue Hills, Burma, California, China, England, English countryside, Ethelbert Place, Gardone Lake, Hannington, High City, High House, Mill Hill Hospital, New York, New Zealand, Nice, Old VicaragePeople
doctor, girl, patient, Anna Kavan, Carla, Catherine Howard, Lauretta Bland, Matthew Kavan, Oblomov, A., Adam Green, Anna Kavan (1901-1968), Anthony Quested, Beryl Deane, Captain, Carew, Cedric Lewison, Celia, Chas, Chief, Claydon, David Fairborther, Doctor Deane, Dr Hieronymus, EdmondID Numbers
- OLID: OL200810A
- ISNI: 0000000118216377
- IMDb: nm0442525
- Library of Congress Names: n79142800
- VIAF: 59084394
- Wikidata: Q287679
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q287679
Links outside Open Library
Alternative names
- Helen Emily Woods
- Helen Ferguson
- Anna KAVAN
| July 31, 2025 | Edited by WikidataBot | [sync_author_identifiers_with_wikidata] add wikidata remote identifiers |
| September 27, 2020 | Edited by MARC Bot | add ISNI |
| March 31, 2017 | Edited by MARC Bot | add VIAF and wikidata ID |
| July 5, 2016 | Edited by Hemanth Kumar | Author bio |
| April 1, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | initial import |