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Anna Kavan

1901 - 1968

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Anna Kavan (born Helen Emily Woods; 10 April 1901 – 5 December 1968) 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 as both her pen name and her legal identity. She is most well-known for her 1967 novel, Ice, published just a year before her death. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anna Kavan is the 5,282nd most popular writer (up from 5,714th in 2019), the 4,680th most popular biography from France (up from 4,871st in 2019) and the 594th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Anna Kavan ranks 5,282 out of 7,302. Before her are John Hersey, Mihály Csokonai, Aubrey de Grey, Elizabeth Hawley, Mahadev Desai, and Jack Canfield. After her are Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, Alki Zei, Thea Beckman, Vera Henriksen, Giuseppe Giusti, and Joe R. Lansdale.

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Among people born in 1901, Anna Kavan ranks 273. Before her are Frank Churchill, Valerian Pidmohylny, Jean Prévost, Oleksiy Fedorov, Bebe Daniels, and Paolo Mazza. After her are Reinhold Mack, Mildred Wiley, Sven Utterström, František Halas, Pyotr Novikov, and Mildred Dunnock. Among people deceased in 1968, Anna Kavan ranks 220. Before her are Albert Dekker, Charles Henry Bartlett, Sid Kimpton, Marguerite Clayton, Aleksandr Arbuzov, and Karl-Birger Blomdahl. After her are Francis Frederick, Muthulakshmi Reddy, Kōkichi Tsuburaya, Edward Moore, Tommy Noonan, and Emil Hirschfeld.

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In France

Among people born in France, Anna Kavan ranks 4,680 out of 6,770. Before her are Paul Castanet (1880), Valérie Pécresse (1967), Charles Berling (1958), Olivier Roy (1949), Noël Liétaer (1908), and Cyril Raffaelli (1974). After her are Gaston Bonnier (1853), Mathieu Flamini (1984), Agnès Callamard (1964), Serge Telle (1955), Victor Duruy (1811), and Kate Gillou (1887).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Anna Kavan ranks 594. Before her are Robert of Torigni (1100), Jean Prévost (1901), Victoire Léodile Béra (1824), Marie Noël (1883), Théodore Aubanel (1829), and Édouard Pailleron (1834). After her are Jules Arsène Arnaud Claretie (1840), Honorat de Bueil, seigneur de Racan (1589), Tony Duvert (1945), Claude Mauriac (1914), Jacques Laurent (1919), and Louis Guilloux (1899).

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