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Elias Canetti, recipient of the 1981 Nobel Prize for Literature, was born into a Sephardic Jewish family in Ruse, Bulgaria. His father was a merchant who died when he was seven years old. He was educated at Vienna University where he earned his Ph.D. in chemistry. Despite the degree, he never worked as a chemist.
Canetti was a novelist, dramatist, and essayist, and he wrote three volumes of his autobiography. His work, HOCHZEIT (THE WEDDING), was published when he was 27. He is most famous for MASSE UND MACHT (CROWDS AND POWER), a study of mass psychology. His only novel was DIE BLENDUNG (THE TOWER OF BABEL) which was published in 1935.
Elias Canetti died in Zurich, Switzerland in 1994.
CHRONOLOGY
1905 He was born in Ruse, Bulgaria. (July 25)
1911 He moved with his family to England.
1912 His father died.
1913 He moved with his family to Vienna, Austria.
1916 He began attending Canton school.
1929 He received his Ph.D. from Vienna University.
1932 HOCHZEIT (THE WEDDING)
1934 He married Veza Taubner-Calderon.
1935 DIE BLENDUNG (THE TOWER OF BABEL)
1938 He moved to London.
1950 KOMODIE DER EITELKEIT (COMEDY OF VANITY)
1952 He became a British citizen.
1953 FRITZ WOTRUBA
1960 MASSE UND MACHT (CROWDS AND POWER)
1962 WELT IM KOPF
1963 His wife, Veza Canetti, died.
1964 DIE BEFRISTETEN (LIFE-TERMS)
1965 AUFZEICHUNGEN 1942-1948
1968 DIE STIMMEN VON MARRAKESCH (THE VOICES OF MARRAKESH)
1969 DER ANDERE PROZESS: KAFKAS BRIEFE AM FELICE (KAFKA'S OTHER TRIAL: THE LETTERS TO FELICE)
1970 ALLE VERGEUDETE VEREHRUNG
1971 He married Hera Buschor.
1972 DIE GESPALTENE ZUKUNFT; MACHT UND UBERLEBEN
1973 DIE PROVINZ DES MENSCHEN: AUFZEICHNUNGEN 1942-72 (THE HUMAN PROVINCE)
1974 DER OHRENZEUBE: FUNFZIG CHARAKTERE (EARWITNESS: FIFTY CHARACTERS
1975 DAS GEWISSEN DER WORTE (THE CONSCIENCE OF WORDS)
1976 DER BERUF DES DICHTERS
1977 DIE GERETTETE ZUNGE (THE TONGUE SET FREE)
1980 DIE FACKEL IM OHR (THE TORCH IN MY EAR)
1981 He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
1985 DAS AUGENSPIEL (THE PLAY OF THE EYES
1987 DAS GEHEIMHERZ DER UHR: AUFZEICHNUNGEN 1973-1985 (THE SECRET HEART OF THE CLOCK)
1992 DIE FLIEGENPEIN (THE AGONY OF FLIES)
1993 AUFZEICHNUNGEN 1942-1985
1994 NACHTRAGE AUS HAMPSTEAD; He died in Zurich, Switzerland.
1995 WORTMASKEN
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