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.
Rođen u bosanskom gradiću Travniku 1892, Andrić je proveo veći deo svog života u Višegradu, gradu na istoku Bosne kroz koji protiče reka Drina.