Canetti spent his childhood years, from 1905 to 1911, in Ruse until the family moved to Manchester, England, where Canetti's father joined a business established by his wife's brothers.
Он провел свое детство с 1905 по 1911 год в Русе, но затем семья переехала в Манчестер, где отец присоединился к бизнесу братьев жены.