In this article, the distinctive traits of Veza Canetti's personality are retraced by means of the autobiographical testimonies of the husband Elias, and of new sources that have come to light with the re-edition of her literary works (from 1990). The author here gives an account of the writer's cosmopolitan education, her omnivorous literary culture, the vitality with which literature is incorporated in her individual existence, as well as the restrictions and the sufferings she underwent because of her Jewish origins.
