Canetti, Elias Syllabification: (Ca·net·ti, Elias)Pronunciation: /kəˈnetē/Definition of Canetti, Elias (1905–94), British writer; born in Bulgaria. Notable works: Auto-da-Fé (1936) and Crowds and Power (1960). Nobel Prize for Literature (1981). Canetti, Elias in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Canetti, Elias in the British & World English dictionary