Anna Kavan

Anna Kavan
Portrait from the 1950s
Born	Helen Emily Woods (1901-04-10)10 April 1901 Cannes, France
Died	5 December 1968(1968-12-05) (aged 67) London, England
Pen name	Anna Kavan Helen Ferguson
Occupation	Novelist short story writer painter
Notable works	Ice
Spouse	Donald Ferguson ​ ​ (m. 1919; div. 1928)​ Stuart Edmonds ​ ​ (m. 1931; div. 1938)​
Children	2

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, not only as a pen name but as her legal identity.