Canetti, EliasPronunciation: /kəˈnɛti/Definition of Canetti, Elias (1905–94), Bulgarian-born British writer. 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 US English dictionary