Elias 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 Bulgarian-born writer who became a major figure in twentieth-century literature through his novels, plays, memoirs, and essays, working across multiple genres and languages throughout his life in Switzerland and Britain. His work matters because it represents an important modernist voice that explored complex themes of human behavior and society, earning him international recognition as one of the significant literary figures of his era.
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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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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 110
- Total plays
- 1,655
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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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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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1905 births1994 deaths20th-century Austrian essayists20th-century British essayists20th-century Sephardi JewsAustrian emigrants to the United KingdomAustrian Nobel laureatesAustrian people of Bulgarian descentAustrian Sephardi JewsBritish Nobel laureatesBulgarian emigrantsBulgarian emigrants to Austria
