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Elias Canetti (Bulgarian: Елиас Канети; 25 July 1905 – 14 August 1994; ; German pronunciation: [eˈliːas kaˈnɛti]) was a German-language writer, born in Ruse, Bulgaria to a Sephardic family. They moved to Manchester, England, but his father died in 1912, and his mother took her three sons back to continental Europe. They settled in Vienna.
Canetti moved to England in 1938 after the Anschluss to escape Nazi persecution. He became a British citizen in 1952. He is known as a modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and nonfiction writer. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1981, "for writings marked by a broad outlook, a wealth of ideas and artistic power". He is noted for his nonfiction book Crowds and Power, among other works.
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GenderMale
Birthday1905-07-25
Deathday1994-08-14 (89 years old)
Birth PlaceRuse, Bulgaria, Bulgaria
SpouseVeza Canetti
SiblingsGeorges Canetti, Jacques Canetti
CitizenshipsBulgaria, United Kingdom
Awardshonorary citizen of Vienna, Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Georg Büchner Prize, City of Vienna Literature Prize, Nelly Sachs Prize, Austrian Decoration for Science and Art, Literature Award of the Bavarian Academy of the Fine Arts, Franz Nabl Prize, Franz-Kafka-Preis, Gottfried-Keller-Preis, Johann-Peter-Hebel-Preis, Pour le Mérite, honorary doctorate of the University of Graz, Honorary doctor of the University of Manchester, Grand Austrian State Prize for Literature, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Nobel Prize in Literature, Franz Kafka Prize
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