 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yekuziviswa kweHurumende Yakazvimirira yeCroatia, Drenka akatizira kuBelgrade nehanzvadzi naamai vake vakanga vapona. Mukati meHondo Yenyika II muna 1941 pashure pokunge mukoma wake, baba, uye hama dzakawanda dzapondwa neUstashi. Mukati mehondo, akadzidza chiGerman, ipapo chiRussia nechiNgezi. Akaenda kuEngland muna 1949, uko akadzidza paBirmingham University. Pakati pa1953 na1956 aive mudzidzisi weChirungu paYunivhesiti yeBelgrade. Muna 1956 akaroora muAmerica aibva kuNew York City ndokutamira kuUnited States. Kubva muna 1961 akashanda semushanduri akazvimirira kubva kuSerbo-Croatian yeimba yekutsikisa yeHarcourt paakakumbirwa naWilliam Jovanovich kuti adudzire nyaya pfupi naIvo Andrić. Ipapo akagadzira nhoroondo youpenyu hwaMilovan Djilas. 