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- Birth nameHelen Emily Woods
- Anna Kavan was born on April 10, 1901 in Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France. She was a writer, known for Drug-Taking and the Arts (1993). She was married to Stuart Edmonds and Donald Ferguson. She died on December 5, 1968 in London, England, UK.
- SpousesStuart Edmonds(1928 - 1938) (divorced, 1 child)Donald Ferguson(1920 - 1927) (divorced, 1 child)
- She was born Helen Emily Woods, but after her first marriage, to Donald Ferguson, ended she still used his last name. In 1940 she began writing under the name Anna Kavan, which was the name of one of her fictional characters.
- Had one child, a son, from her first marriage in 1920 (he was killed near the end of World War II). Another child, a daughter, was born early in her second marriage but died shortly after birth. She and her husband--who eventually divorced--adopted a child not long after the baby's death.
- In the late 1920s she became a heroin addict, which plagued her throughout her life. She also suffered from severe depression and attempted suicide many times.
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