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 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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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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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Elias
Gender: male
Citizenship: Bulgaria
Place of birth: Ruse
Place of death: Zurich
Sibling: Georges Canetti
Occupation: novelist
Educated at: University of Vienna
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: Bulgarian
Award: Pour le Mérite
Field of work: novel
Image: Elias Canetti 2.jpg
Work location: Vienna

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place of burial: Fluntern Cemetery
Commons category: Elias Canetti
date of birth: 1905-07-25
date of death: 1994-08-14
member of: Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
topic's main category: Category:Elias Canetti
nominated for: Neustadt International Prize for Literature
has works in the collection: Tate
writing language: German
name in native language: Elias Canetti
archives at: Zentralbibliothek Zürich
Academia.edu profile URL: www.academia.edu/People/Elias_Canetti
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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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