Quote by: Elias Canetti

There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown. He wants to see what is reaching towards him, and to be able to recognize or at least classify it. Man always tends to avoid physical contact with anything strange.

Elias Canetti

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Author Bio

  • NameElias Canetti
  • DescriptionBulgarian-born Swiss and British modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and non-fiction writer
  • BornJuly 25, 1905
  • DiedAugust 14, 1994
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionWriter; Aphorist; Playwright
  • AwardsOrder Of Merit For Arts And Science; Nobel Prize In Literature; Grand Austrian State Prize; Literature Award Of The Bavarian Academy Of The Fine Arts; Nelly Sachs Prize; Gottfried-Keller-Preis; Johann-Peter-Hebel-Preis; Franz Kafka Prize; ; Georg Büchner Prize; Grand Merit Cross Of The Order Of Merit Of The Federal Republic Of Germany