His mother's name was Tomanija, and his father, Aleksandar, was a pressman, so he acquired an affection for books at an early age.
After eight years, he started working as an editor of children's program on Radio Belgrade, where he stayed until retirement.
[1] He wrote poems, stories, novels, drama texts, theoretical treatises of literature, he led television and radio shows.
His main co-workers were: Desanka Maksimović, Branko Ćopić, Duško Radović, Arsen Diklić, Ljubivoje Ršumović, Pero Zubac, Dobrica Erić and others.
Because of his life work, for which he received numerous awards, he is among top Yugoslav and Serbian youth writers.