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Kavan, Anna, 1901-1968

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1901-04-10 - 1968-12-05

Biography

British novelist, short story writer and painter.

Found in 39 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

Postcard from Anna Kavan to Herman Schrijver, 1966-05-02

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: A000021914027], Folder: 8
Identifier: 1000.019.1.8
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten postcard from Anna Kavan to Herman Schrijver.

Dates: 1966-05-02

Postcard from Anna Kavan to Herman Schrijver

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: A000021914027], Folder: 8
Identifier: 1000.019.1.8
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of handwritten postcard from Anna Kavan to Herman Schrijver.

Dates: 1901 - 1996

Postcard from Anna Kavan to Herman Schrijver, 1966

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: A000021914027], Folder: 8
Identifier: 1000.019.1.8
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of handwritten postcard from Anna Kavan to Herman Schrijver.

Dates: 1966

Postcard from Anna Kavan to Herman Schrijver, 1965

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: A000021914027], Folder: 8
Identifier: 1000.019.1.8
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of handwritten postcard from Anna Kavan to Herman Schrijver.

Dates: 1965

Postcard from Anna Kavan to Herman Schrijver, Friday

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: A000021914027], Folder: 8
Identifier: 1000.019.1.8
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten postcard from Anna Kavan to Herman Schrijver.

Dates: Friday

Postcard from Anna Kavan to Herman Schrijver, 1967-10-09

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: A000021914027], Folder: 8
Identifier: 1000.019.1.8
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of handwritten postcard from Anna Kavan to Herman Schrijver.

Dates: 1967-10-09

Postcard from Anna Kavan to Herman Schrijver, 1955-07-17

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: A000021914027], Folder: 8
Identifier: 1000.019.1.8
Scope and Contents

Postcard written from Anna Kavan to Herman Schrijver.

Dates: 1955-07-17

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