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1981 Nobel Prize in Literature
Elias Canetti
"for writings marked by a broad outlook, a wealth of ideas and artistic power"
Date
  • 15 October 1981 (1981-10-15) (announcement)
  • 10 December 1981
    (ceremony)
LocationStockholm, Sweden
Presented bySwedish Academy
First awarded1901
WebsiteOfficial website
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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."[1][2][3] 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.[4]

  1. ^ The Nobel Prize in Literature 1981 nobelprize.org
  2. ^ John Vinocur (16 October 1981). "Central Europe Wins Nobel Prize". New York Times.
  3. ^ Edwin McDowell (17 October 1981). "Elias Canetti's U.S. publishers jubilant over Nobel Prize". New York Times.
  4. ^ "Elias Canetti – Bulgarian-born writer". Encyclopedia Britannica.

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