Described as an "art alcoholic" by the contemporary Alfonsas Nyka-Niliūnas,[1] Radauskas's works are marked by aestheticism, anti-lyricism, aesthetic distance, and poetic transformation of reality.

However, the First World War forced his family to relocate to Novonikolayevsk, currently Novosibirsk, where he started attending school.

Later, Radauskas studied Lithuanian, German and Russian literatures at the Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas.

Although a reserved person,[1] Radauskas nonetheless attended Balys Sruoga's theater seminar, where he met his future wife Vera Sotnikovaitė.

By the suggestion of a friend, Radauskas became a radio announcer and hosted shows in Lithuanian and German in Klaipėda.