Elias Canetti

Known For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1905-07-25

Deathday

1994-08-14 (89 years old)

Birth Place

Ruse, Bulgaria, Bulgaria

Spouse

Veza Canetti

Siblings

Georges Canetti, Jacques Canetti

Citizenships

Bulgaria, United Kingdom

Awards

honorary citizen of Vienna, 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, Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Franz Nabl Prize, Franz-Kafka-Preis, Gottfried-Keller-Preis, Johann-Peter-Hebel-Preis, Georg Büchner Prize, City of Vienna Literature Prize, Literature Award of the Bavarian Academy of the Fine Arts, Nelly Sachs Prize, Austrian Decoration for Science and Art, Pour le Mérite, Nobel Prize in Literature, Franz Kafka Prize