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(Tuesday)
Died
Nationality
Languages
Bulgarian, English, German, Judaeo-Spanish
Spouses
Veza Canetti (1933-1963), Hera Buschor (1971-1988)
Children
1 child: Johanna Canetti
Education
University of Vienna
Zodiac Sign
♌ Leo
Chinese Zodiac
蛇 Snake
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Elias Canetti: Bulgarian-born Swiss and British Jewish modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and non-fiction writer (1905–1994).
Born in Ruse (died at age 89).
18 awards including Austrian Decoration for Science and Art.
Studied at University of Vienna.
AWARDS (18)
B
Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
WON
B
City of Vienna Literature Prize
WON
B
Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
WON
B
Franz Kafka Prize
WON
Biography
Elias Canetti 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". He is noted for his nonfiction book Crowds and Power, among other works.
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Elias Canetti was born in Ruse.
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