1905–1994
Elias Canetti
Bulgarian-born Swiss and British Jewish modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and non-fiction writer
89years old at death
32,527days lived
90%of the people on this site died younger
Elias Canetti was born on 25 July 1905 and died on 14 August 1994, aged 89 years and 20 days. That is 32,527 days in all.
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