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Elias Canetti

1905 – 1994

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Wikipedia Summary

Elias Canetti was a German-language writer, known as a modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and nonfiction writer.

Biographical & Professional Details

Date of birth

July 25, 1905

Ruse

Date of death

August 14, 1994

Zurich

Citizenship

United Kingdom · Bulgaria

Occupations & fields

writeraphoristplaywrightchemistessayistnovelist

Awards & honours

Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts orderNobel Prize in LiteratureGrand Austrian State Prize for LiteratureLiterature Award of the Bavarian Academy of the Fine ArtsNelly Sachs PrizeGottfried-Keller-Preis

Notable works

Auto-da-FéTongue Set FreeCrowds and PowerTheir Days are Numbered

Field and occupation: spisovateľ z Spojené kráľovstvo
Also known as: Канетті Еліас · Elías Canetti · Canetti

Name variants in other languages

sk:Elias Canetti cs:Elias Canetti en:Elias Canetti de:Elias Canetti hu:Elias Canetti pl:Elias Canetti uk:Еліас Канетті

Meaning and origin of the given nameElias – name day & statistics

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Elias Canetti

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