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Elias Canetti (Bulgarian: Елиас Канети; 25 July 1905 – 14 August 1994; / k ə ˈ n ɛ t i, k ɑː-/; [1] German pronunciation: [eˈliːas kaˈnɛti] [2]) was a German-language writer, known as a modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and nonfiction writer. [3]
The 1981 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Bulgarian-born British writer Elias Canetti (1905–1994) "for writings marked by a broad outlook, a wealth of ideas and artistic power." [1] [2] [3] Though living in Great Britain since 1938 and became a British citizen in 1952, he wrote primarily in the German language. He is the first ...
However, Canetti also uses "we" in his text and does not dissociate from humanity. On asking questions: "On the questioner the effect is a feeling of enhanced power. He enjoys this and consequentially asks more and more questions; every answer he receives is an act of submission. Personal freedom consists largely in having a defense against ...
Auto da Fé (original title Die Blendung, "The Blinding") is a 1935 novel by Elias Canetti; the title of the English translation (by C. V. Wedgwood, Jonathan Cape, Ltd, 1946) refers to the burning of heretics by the Inquisition.
Venetiana "Veza" Taubner-Calderon Canetti (1897 in Vienna – 1963 in London) was an Austrian novelist, playwright, and short story writer. [1] Her works – including singular short stories published in the Viennese Arbeiter Zeitung and other socialist outlets – were only published under her own name posthumously.
Yanitzia Canetti (born 1967 in Havana City, Cuba) [1] [2] is a Cuban-American author, translator, editor, and professor.She has written over 300 books in various genres, including novels, poetry, short stories, essays, theatre, and children's books, as well as translating over 200 children's books into Spanish. [3]
Canetti is a surname. [1] Notable people with the surname include: Cecilia Canetti (born 1987), Brazilian female former water polo player; Ciça Canetti (born 1987), Brazilian female former water polo player; Elias Canetti (1905–1994), German language author; Jacques Canetti (1909–1997), French music executive and a talent agent
Elias Canetti (1905–1994), writer (born in Rustschuk, Bulgaria), wrote in German, Nobel Prize in Literature 1981 Veza Canetti (1897–1963) poet, playwright, and short story writer Otto Maria Carpeaux (1900–1978), literary critic and foremost historian of Literature