Elias canetti biography
| Field | Information |
|---|---|
| Full Name | Elias Canetti |
| Date of Birth | 25 July 1905 |
| Place of Birth | Ruse, Bulgaria |
| Date of Death | 14 August 1994 |
| Place of Death | Zurich, Switzerland |
| Citizenship / Country of Residence | Bulgarian, British |
| Education | University of Vienna |
| Profession | Novelist, playwright, essayist, non-fiction writer |
| Years of Activity | 1935-1994 |
| Brief Information | Elias Canetti was a Bulgarian-born Austrian-descended writer and intellectual who became a naturalized British subject. He is best known for his anthropological study *Crowds and Power*, which analyzes the nature of crowds and power. Canetti was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1981. |