[2] Zidić was born in Split, where he graduated from the Classical Gymnasium.
He obtained a diploma in art history and comparative literature from the University of Zagreb in 1964.
Zidić became the editor of Hrvatski tjednik in 1971, but lost his job after the magazine was shut down by the Yugoslavian government.
[citation needed] Zidić was a director of Modern Gallery in Zagreb from 1989 to 2008.
In 1986, Zidić received the Tin Ujević Award for poetry.