# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/anna-kavan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:10:47.883Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/anna-kavan"
name: "Anna Kavan"
slug: "anna-kavan"
description: "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 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."
tagline: "British novelist, short story writer, and painter (1901–1968)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anna_Kavan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1901-04-10"
deathDate: "1968-12-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.83
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.76141866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0442525/"
    handle:    "nm0442525"
sources:
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    title: "安娜·卡文"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "آنا كافان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "آنا کوان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Kavan"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Anna Kavan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Kavan"
    title: "Anna Kavan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Kavan"
    title: "Anna Kavan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Kavan"
    title: "Anna Kavan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Kavan"
    title: "Anna Kavan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Աննա Կավան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "アンナ・カヴァン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Kavan"
    title: "Anna Kavan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Каван, Анна"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%85%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BE_%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D_(%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF)"
    title: "అన్నా కవన్ (రచయిత్రి)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/432900"
    title: "Anna Kavan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump