Summary from Wikipedia

Samardžić was born in Skopje, the son of an impoverished[1] coal miner born in Krivošije (in Montenegro) and a mother from Kosovo.[2] His parents met in Priština.[1] He grew up in the village of Jelašnica near Niška Banja, where his father Dragoljub (died 1948[1]) also worked in the local mine.[3] He finished gymnasium in Niš.[2]