Background
He was born in Šipovice, near Bijelo Polje, in the Kingdom of Montenegro, to Muslim (Bosniak) parents.
He was born in Šipovice, near Bijelo Polje, in the Kingdom of Montenegro, to Muslim (Bosniak) parents.
He enrolled in law school in 1936 and earned his degree four years later. Sijarić died in a car crash at the age of 75. Sijarić enrolled in the University of Belgrade"s Law School and earned his degree in 1940.
He spent most of his life in Skopje, Belgrade and later, Sarajevo, where he died in a car accident in 1989.
However, almost all his major works are about Montenegro and the Bihor region around Bijelo Polje. Sijarić perished in a car crash in Sarajevo, shortly before his 76th birthday in December 1989.
Not long before his death, Sijarić wrote a poem called Znam (I Know), which appears to show him foreshadowing his own death:.
Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts]
He was both a member of Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts, and Academy of Arts and Sciencies of Bosnia and Herzegovina.