Rođen u bosanskom gradiću Travniku ¸1892, Andrić je proveo većinu života u gradu Višegradu na istoku zemlje, kroz koji protiče rijeka Drina.
Born in the small Bosnian town of Travnik in 1892, Andric spent the majority of his life in the eastern town of Visegrad, through which the Drina River flows.