[1] He studied in Serbia and lived in Paris for a short period, where he played the violin during silent films projections.

[3] Besides writing poetry, Drainac worked as a journalist for several magazines, including Hipnos, Novo čovečanstvo, Front, Slike aktuelnih događaja and Nova brazda.

[4][5] As a reporter for Pravda, Drainac traveled extensively across the Balkans, Asia Minor and Russia, Austria, Latvia, France, Sweden, Greece, Romania, Poland and other countries.

[8] Literary historian Jovan Deretić described Drainac as "poet of the city" and wrote affirmatively about his work.

In 1998 Rade Drainac Award for Poetry was established in his honour and his bust can be found in Skadarlija and Prokuplje.