1981 Nobel Prize in Literature

none 20px 1981 Nobel Prize in Literature Elias Canetti Swedish Academy 1901 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1981/summary/ 1975 laureate Elias Canetti (cropped).jpg "for writings marked by a broad outlook, a wealth of ideas and artistic power" 1981 10 15 yes (announcement) 10 December 1981 (ceremony) Stockholm, Sweden 1980 Nobel Prize in Literature 1982 The 1981 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Bulgarian-born British writer Elias Canetti (1905–1994) "for writings marked by a broad outlook, a wealth of ideas and artistic power."The Nobel Prize in Literature 1981 nobelprize.orghttps://www.nytimes.com/1981/10/16/books/writer-of-central-europe-wins-nobel-prize.html Central Europe Wins Nobel Prize 16 October 1981 New York Times John Vinocurhttps://www.nytimes.com/1981/10/17/books/elias-canetti-s-us-publishers-jubilant-over-nobel-prize.html Elias Canetti's U.S. publishers jubilant over Nobel Prize 17 October 1981 New York Times Edwin McDowell Though living in Great Britain since 1938 and became a British citizen in 1952, he wrote primarily in the German language. He is the first native of Bulgaria to win the prize.https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elias-Canetti Elias Canetti – Bulgarian-born writer Encyclopedia Britannica Laureate Elias Canetti Elias Canetti's body of literary work includes a novel, three plays, a study of mass movements, some author profiles and memoirs. The 1935 novel Die Blendung ("The Deception") was initially intended to be the first in a series of novels modeled after Honoré de Balzac's The Human Comedy series. Instead of finishing the series, Canetti devoted many years to social studies that resulted to the publication of Masse und Macht ("Crowds and Power", 1960), a psychological study of crowd behavior as it manifests itself in human activities ranging from mob violence to religious congregations. He is also known for his celebrated trilogy of autobiographical memoirs of his childhood and of pre-Anschluss Vienna: Die Gerettete Zunge (The Tongue Set Free, 1979); Die Fackel im Ohr (The Torch in My Ear, 1980), and Das Augenspiel (The Play of the Eyes, 1985).Elias Canetti nobelprize.org Reactions According to the New York Times, Canetti was a controversial choice within the Swedish Academy. Two members of the Academy told Swedish reporters that they were dissatisfied with the prize decision and Canetti's name was disclosed in the Swedish press before the prize announcement. One of the dissatisfied members was reportedly supporting a prize to the American novelist Joyce Carol Oates. References External links 1981 Press release nobelprize.org 1981 Nobel