Elias Canetti

The Profile

Elias Canetti (1905–1994) was a Bulgarian-born author who wrote the novel Autodafé and the autobiographical The Tongue Set Free; he also authored the essay Masse und Macht (Crowds and Power). He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1981.

Born 1905 in Ruse, Bulgaria; died 1994. Nobel Prize in Literature, 1981. Author of Auto-da-Fé (novel), The Tongue Set Free (autobiography, first volume 1977), and Masse und Macht (Crowds and Power).

DeBaser hosts two appreciative reviews of Elias Canetti. Reviewers focus on his novel Autodafé and the autobiographical The Tongue Set Free. Themes: solitude, books, rigorous prose and life-memory. The overall reception on DeBaser is admiring.