Nano lived his childhood in Valandovo from 1952 to 1959. He then went to Skopje where he witnessed the 1963 Skopje earthquake. He was in luck because several buildings near the place where he lived at the time were destroyed by the magnitude of the disaster. Being the youngest of three brothers he was always sympathized by his parents and life was hard for young Nano who decided to study abroad in Belgrade in 1971.