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Elias Canetti
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Bulgarian-born Swiss and British Jewish modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and non-fiction writer (1905–1994)

Also known as: Canetti, Элиас Канетти, إلياس كانيتي, 엘리아스 카네티, エリアス・カネッティ, 埃利亞斯·卡內蒂

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Known works

  • Die Blendung (1946)
  • Welt im Kopf
  • Historias de la escuela
  • Die gerettete Zunge (1977)
  • Fackel im Ohr (1982)