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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Literature (114) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1980s (97) 1981 (11) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1900s (92) 1905 (11) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, eastern (65) Bulgaria (1) Ruse (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1990s (82) 1994 (10) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, western (182) Switzerland (26) Zürich (7) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name E-K (339) E (55) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name A-D (195) C (49) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name E-K (229) E (31) Elias (2) 23. Religion 23. Religion Religious group (353) Judaism (160) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 70 - 79 (179) 77 (14) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations (123) Media and Communication Workers (117) Writers and Editors (101) Writers and Authors (101) 33. Ethnic Origins 33. Ethnic Origins Asia (244) Middle East (197) Israel (197) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, western (223) United Kingdom (110) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, central (165) Austria (24) Vienna (20) University of Vienna (20) Alumni (14) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) B (102) Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts (13) D (6) Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung (6) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards C-D (404) C (272) City of Vienna Literature Prize (1) Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (11) E-F (439) F (394) Franz Kafka Prize (2) Franz-Kafka-Preis (2) Franz-Nabl prize (1) G-H (389) G (254) Georg Büchner Prize (3) Gottfried-Keller-Preis (2) Grand Austrian State Prize for Literature (1) I-J (268) J (208) Johann-Peter-Hebel-Preis (1) K-L (297) L (183) Literature Award of the Bavarian Academy of the Fine Arts (2) M-N (333) N (205) Nelly Sachs Prize (3) O-P (364) P (242) Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts (65) complete name: Elias Canetti nobel prize: literature award year: 1981 prize share: Prize share: 1/1 rational: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1981 was awarded to Elias Canetti "for writings marked by a broad outlook, a wealth of ideas and artistic power." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Elias family name: Canetti occupation: writer occupation: playwright occupation: author occupation: chemist occupation: aphorist occupation: essayist notable work: Auto-da-Fé description: Elias Canetti was a German language author, born in Bulgaria, and later a British citizen. He was a modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist and non-fiction writer. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1981, "for writings marked by a broad outlook, a wealth of ideas and artistic power". pronunciation: (/kəˈnɛti, kɑː-/; Bulgarian: Елиас Канети) image copyright: Photo: Dutch National Archives, [CC BY-SA 3.0 nl] via Wikimedia Commons image citation: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1981. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1981/summary/> date birth: 1905 date death: 1994 usual name: Elias Canetti
