Branislav Nušić was born Alkibijad Nuša (Aromanian: Alchiviadi al Nusha, Greek: Αλκιβιάδης Νούσας, romanized: Alcibiades Nousas)[1] in Belgrade on 20 October [O.S.

His father, George Nousias (Thessaloniki, 1822 – Priština, 1916), was a Serbianized Aromanian[2][3] merchant whose family had its roots in the village of Magarevo in then Ottoman Macedonia, while his mother, Ljubica (Brčko, 1839 – Belgrade, 1904), was a Serb homemaker from Bosnia, then under Austro-Hungarian rule.

Nušić's service coincided with the two-week-long Serbo-Bulgarian War of November 1885, which he witnessed first-hand as a Serbian corporal in western Bulgaria.

[4] In 1887, Nušić published a poem titled Dva raba ("Two Servants"), which ridiculed the Serbian King Milan for attending the funeral of an unpopular general's mother rather than that of Mihailo Katanić [sr], an officer who died of wounds sustained while saving his regiment's flag.

Between 1889 and 1900, Nušić worked as a clerk at the Serbian consulates to the Ottoman Empire in Bitola, Serres, Thessaloniki, Skopje, and Pristina.

[9] Despite his earlier anti-war rhetoric, Nušić became an enthusiastic supporter of using military means to force the Ottoman Empire out from the Balkans.

[14] The outbreak of World War I brought further personal tragedies Nušić's way; his son Strahinja was killed on the frontline while serving in the Serbian Army.

[17] He was appointed to be the first head of the Ministry of Education's art department, serving alongside the writers Borisav Stanković and Stanislav Vinaver.

He is more prolific in historical drama and comedy.Nušić's ability to blend humor with a biting critque of society ensures that his plays remain relevant and appreciated.

Of his plays, the most popular are comedies The Cabinet Minister's Wife (Госпођа министарка), A Suspicious Person (Сумњиво лице), A Member of the Parliament (Народни посланик), Bereaved Family (Ожалошћена породица), The Deceased (Покојник), and Doctor (Др).

[23] All-in-all he depicted the Serbian middle class and its morality, which managed to survive despite all the political and social reforms, newly formed educational system and cultural institutions.

He also paid special attention to the social conditions of their origins, as they started out with unrealizable desires and insatiable appetites, the distorted family and marital relationships, misunderstandings and intolerance between fathers and sons, unfaithful husbands and wives, officers’ ignorance and corruption and unreal political ambitions.