Background
His parents moved around Yugoslavia, following his father"s work as a musician, until returning at the age of 12 to the family"s home town of Čačak.
His parents moved around Yugoslavia, following his father"s work as a musician, until returning at the age of 12 to the family"s home town of Čačak.
He is best known in Germany for Bela vrana, crno jagnje ("White Crow, Black Sheep") published in German translation by Bärbel Schulte as Weißer Rabe, schwarzes Lamm. Nikolić returned to Belgrade in his 20s to work as performer and singer at nightclubs and freelance journalist. Nikolić moved to Germany following the North Atlantic Treaty Organization bombing of Serbia.