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Anna Kavan

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

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British novelist, short story writer, and painter (1901–1968)

Born 10 April 1901
Died 5 December 1968

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    First published in 1967 — 31 editions
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    First published in 1947 — 10 editions
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    First published in 1970 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Asylum Piece and Other Stories

    First published in 1940 — 8 editions
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    First published in 1963 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: A Scarcity of Love: A Novel

    First published in 1956 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: My soul in China: novella and stories

    First published in 1975 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Let Me Alone

    First published in 2014 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Let me alone: A novel

    First published in 1930 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: A charmed circle

    First published in 1929 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: I am Lazarus: Short stories

    First published in 1945 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Anna Kavan's New Zealand: a Pacific interlude in a turbulent life

    First published in 2009 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1957 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1995 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: A stranger still

    Cover of edition strangerstilltex00kava First published in 1935 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1994 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The Vintage Book of Amnesia: An Anthology of Writing on the Subject of Memory Loss

    First published in 2000 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Machines in the Head: Selected Short Writing

    First published in 2019 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1941 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Asylum Piece, and Other Stories

    First published in 1974 — 1 edition
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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 Novelists

Places

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 Vicarage

People

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, Edmond

Time

20th century, 1920, 1930-1940, 1940, 1920-1930, 1940-1950, 1945-1970, wartime

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Alternative names

  • Helen Emily Woods
  • Helen Ferguson
  • Anna KAVAN

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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
June 11, 2014 Edited by Catherine Lenoble Added new photo
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import