Speak briefly and to the point.

Marcus Porcius Cato the Elder, 234 – 149
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A Short Biography of Elias Canetti

Author Name:

Elias Canetti

Born As:

Other Names:

Elias Canetti

Born:

25 Jul 1905

Died:

14 Aug 1994




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Novelist                          
Selected works:

Komödie der Eitelkeit - 1934 - The Comedy of Vanity
Die Blendung - 1935 - Auto-da-Fé, novel, translation - 1946
Die Befristeten - 1956 - 1956 premiere of the play in Oxford - Their Days are Numbered
Masse und Macht - 1960 - Crowds and Power, study, translation - 1962, published in Hamburg
Aufzeichnungen - 1942-48 translation - 1965 - Sketches
Die Stimmen von Marrakesch - 1968 published by Hanser in Munich - The Voices of Marrakesh, travelogue, translation - 1978
Der andere Prozess 1969 Kafkas Briefe an Felice - Kafka's Other Trial, translation - 1974.
Hitler nach Speer - Essay
Die Provinz des Menschen Aufzeichnungen 1942-1972 - The Human Province, translation - 1978
Der Ohrenzeuge. Fünfzig Charaktere 1974 - "Ear Witness: Fifty Characters", translation - 1979.
Das Gewissen der Worte 1975. Essays - The Conscience of Words
Die Gerettete Zunge 1977 - The Tongue Set Free, memoir, translation - 1979
Die Fackel im Ohr 1980 Lebensgeschichte 1921-1931 - The Torch in My Ear, memoir, translation - 1982
Das Augenspiel 1985 Lebensgeschichte 1931-1937 - The Play of the Eyes, memoir, translation - 1990
Das Geheimherz der Uhr: Aufzeichnungen 1987 - The Secret Heart of the Clock, ttranslation - 1989
Die Fliegenpein - The Agony of Flies - 1992
Nachträge aus Hampstead - Notes from Hampstead - 1994
The Voices of Marrakesh - published posthumously, Arion Press - 2001, with photographs by Karl Bissinger and etchings by William T. Wiley 
Party im Blitz; Die englischen Jahre - 2003 - Party in the Blitz, memoir, published posthumously, translation - 2005
Aufzeichnungen für Marie-Louise - written 1942, compiled and published posthumously - 2005.                          
                          
Nobel Prize in Literature in 1981.                          
Known chiefly for Crowds and Power, a study of crowd behavior as it manifests itself in human activities ranging from mob violence to religious congregations.