[1] She lived in Belgrade since age two, but spent her childhood between villages in Vojvodina, Dalmatia, Montenegro, and Kosovo, where her aunt Jelena Trpinac worked as a school teacher.

During World War II in Yugoslavia she participated in Yugoslav Partisans movement actions.

[5] After the war, Alečković published her first collection of poems Zvezdane balade in 1946, inspired by the struggle of people in the Yugoslav region.

In 1949, she published poetry collections Dani razigrani and Tri proleća, while her first novel Srebrna kosa appeared in 1953.

[4] In Socialist Yugoslavia she gained considerable popularity, especially for her children's poetry and partisan songs.