Elias Canetti

Also known as Elías Canetti

Bulgarian-born Swiss and British Jewish modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and non-fiction writer (1905–1994)

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Elias Canetti was a male person born on 25 July 1905 and died on 14 August 1994. He is associated with Bulgaria and has been recognized in the Nobel Literature collection. His notable works include *Wortmasken*, *Zwiesprache*, *1931-1976*, *Die Provinz des Menschen*, *Komödie der Eitelkeit*, and *Die Blendung*.

Canetti is linked to similar artists such as Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Daniel Kehlmann, Max Frisch, Thomas Mann, and Heiner Müller. He is referenced by 699 other encyclopedia articles. His writings include quotes such as "Alles, was man vergessen hat, schreit im Traum um Hilfe." and "I hate judgments that only crush and don’t transform."

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Person · Open Library

Born: 25 July 1905
Died: 14 August 1994
Works: 209

Top works

Wortmasken
Zwiesprache, 1931-1976
Die Provinz des Menschen
Komödie der Eitelkeit
Die Blendung

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Bulgaria
Active from: 1905-07-25
Active to: 1994-08-14

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 110
Total plays: 1,655

Similar artists

Friedrich DürrenmattDaniel KehlmannMax FrischThomas MannHeiner Müller

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)
· 2006 · cited 10,535x
Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,658x
The 2016 revision of the World Health Organization classification of lymphoid neoplasms
· 2016 · cited 6,537x
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
· 2017 · cited 6,171x
Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults
· 2017 · cited 5,574x

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Quotes

“Alles, was man vergessen hat, schreit im Traum um Hilfe.”
“I was never drawn to experiment with language; I take note of such experiments, but avoid them in my own writing. The reason is that the substance of life claims me completely. To indulge in linguistic experiments is to ignore the greater part of this substance, leaving all but a tiny portion untouched and unused, as if a musician were to ceaselessly play an instrument with his little finger only.”
“Is there still a possibility of public truth?The prime condition for that would be that you pose your own questions, not just answer them. The questions of others have a distorting influence, one adapts to them, accepts words and concepts that should be avoided at all costs.Ideally, you should use only words which you have filled with new meaning.”
“I hate judgments that only crush and don’t transform.”
“One who, alone, would be unconquerable. But he weakens himself with allegiances.”
“I can’t be twenty-two again. I can’t subject myself to the same compulsion that, at the time, appeared to me as freedom and gave me wings.”

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Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Literature1981
“for writings marked by a broad outlook, a wealth of ideas and artistic power”

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Works in European collections

8 objects attributed to Elias Canetti, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Elias Canetti (Bulgarian: Елиас Канети; 25 July 1905 – 14 August 1994; /kəˈnɛti, kɑː-/; German: [eˈliːas kaˈnɛti]) was a German-language writer, known as a modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and nonfiction writer.

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".

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Elias Canetti