Back Elias Canetti AN إلياس كانيتي Arabic الياس كانيتى ARZ Elias Canetti AVK Elias Kanetti Azerbaijani ائلیاس کانئتتی AZB Эліяс Канеці Byelorussian Эліяс Канэцьці BE-X-OLD Елиас Канети Bulgarian Elias Canetti Breton
Elias Canetti | |
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| Born | 25 July 1905 Ruse, Bulgaria |
| Died | 14 August 1994 (aged 89) Zürich, Switzerland |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Language | German |
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| Alma mater | University of Vienna (PhD, 1929) |
| Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Literature 1981 |
| Spouse | Veza Taubner-Calderon
(m. 1934; died 1963)Hera Buschor (m. 1971) |
Elias Canetti (Bulgarian: Елиас Канети; 25 July 1905 – 14 August 1994; /kəˈnɛti, kɑː-/;[1] German pronunciation: [eˈliːas kaˈnɛti][2]) was a German-language writer, known as a modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and nonfiction writer.[3] Born in Ruse, Bulgaria, to a Sephardic Jewish family, he later lived in England, Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. He won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Literature, "for writings marked by a broad outlook, a wealth of ideas and artistic power".[4] He is noted for his nonfiction book Crowds and Power, among other works.
- ^ "Canetti". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
- ^ Dudenredaktion: Duden – Das Aussprachewörterbuch [The Pronunciation Dictionary] (7th ed.). Berlin: Dudenverlag.
- ^ Lorenz, Dagmar C.G. (2009). "Introduction". A Companion to the Works of Elias Canetti. Twayne Publishers. pp. 350. ISBN 978-080-578-276-9.
- ^ "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1981". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 8 April 2014.