Kavan, Anna, 1901-1968
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1901-04-10 - 1968-12-05
Biography
British novelist, short story writer and painter.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Meic Stephens collection of Anna Kavan ephemera, 1943-1971
Collection
Identifier: 2014-001
Scope and Contents
Letter from Kavan to Rhys Davies; postcard from Kavan to Peter Davies; photo of Kavan; photos of Kavan's country and city residences; letter from Richard Centing to Rhys Davies including sample copy of "Under the Sign of Pisces" for which he was literary editor; "Books and Bookmen" article about Kavan; Theatre Cadair program for "Silverglass", a play by D.J. Britton; 2 Kavan self portraits.
Dates:
1943 - 1971
Richard R. Centing collecton of Anna Kavan, 1943-1991
Collection
Identifier: 1992-008
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and typed letters and postcards from various individuals who knew Kavan (including 5 handwritten letters from Rhys Davies and a typed letter from Raymond B. Marriott); photocopied or excised short stories, articles about Kavan, and bibliographic information, all from various sources; and reprints of photographs of Kavan and two of Kavan's paintings. This material was accumulated by Richard R. Centing (Ohio State University) while researching a proposed biography of...
Dates:
1943 - 1991