Bulgarian-born Swiss and British Jewish modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and non-fiction writer (1905–1994)
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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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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· 2012 · cited 6,597x
· 2016 · cited 6,467x
· 2017 · cited 6,089x
· 2017 · cited 5,477x
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