Author: Elias Canetti
Alternate names: Елиас Канети; Canetti Elias; Elias CANETTI; Canetti, Elias / Hrsg.: Wachinger, Kristian; CANETTI, ELIAS, 1905-; Canetti; Professor Elias Canetti
Born: 25 July 1905
Died: 14 August 1994
Bio: Elias Canetti (Bulgarian: Елиас Канети; 25 July 1905 – 14 August 1994) 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.