I've nothing, am nothing, shall be nothing, and yet I take … - Elias Canetti

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I've nothing, am nothing, shall be nothing, and yet I take nothing.

Elias Canetti

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Elias Canetti (25 July 1905 – 14 August 1994) was a Bulgarian modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and non-fiction writer. He wrote in German and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1981.

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Alternative Names: Elías Canetti

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I've nothing, am nothing, shall be nothing, and yet I take nothing. - Elias Canetti

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