Raičković was born in to a family of teachers which moved a lot around the country as he was growing up.

He pursued his gymnasium education in Senta, Kruševac, Smederevo and Subotica, where he graduated in 1947 and started writing for various newspapers at the age of 17 including Politika.

Soon after Raičković started his studies at Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy.

His first job was at the redaction of Radio Belgrade and afterwards as an editor in Prosveta [1] publishing house.

Raičković translated numerous poets including Anna Akhmatova, Marina Tsvetaeva, Joseph Brodsky, Boris Pasternak, Shakespeare's sonnets[3] and Petrarch.