Because of the outbreak of World War II, he was forced to continue his education in Bucharest and Vienna. After the war he resumed his studies at the University of Belgrade, from which he was graduated in 1949 with a degree in French.
In secondary school Popa had held leftist views. His political affiliations led to his being interned for several months during the war in a German concentration camp in Beckerek. In 1944 Popa joined the Communist Party. From 1948 to 1951 he worked as a journalist for Radio Belgrade and the journal Knjizevne novine (Literary Gazette), and from 1951 to 1953 he served as secretary general of the Society for Yugoslav-French Cultural Cooperation. In 1954 he joined the prestigious Belgrade publishing house Nolit and remained as an editor for twenty-five years. During his career as a poet Popa was awarded many domestic literary awards. In 1968 he was the recipient of the Austrian State Award for European Literature. He was also a member in full standing of the Vojvodina Academy of Arts and Sciences and a corresponding member of both the Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Mallarmé Academy in Paris.
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