Elias Canetti

Elias Canetti (1905–1994) was a German-language writer. He was born in Rustschuk (now Ruse), Bulgaria, studied natural sciences in Vienna, and received his doctorate there in 1929. He emigrated to London in 1938. His best-known works include the novel *Auto-da-Fé* (*Die Blendung*, 1935), the sociocultural study *Crowds and Power* (*Masse und Macht*, 1960), plays, notebooks, and an autobiographical trilogy, including *The Tongue Set Free* (*Die gerettete Zunge*). Canetti was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1981.