Milankova belongs to the first generation of poets from central and eastern Europe who were influenced by anti-establishment poetries - particularly from the USA - such as the Beats and, later on, the New York poets. Milankova acted as a translator for Allen Ginsberg through a tour of the former Yugoslavia and subsequently worked with him during a summer workshop in Colorado. In the mid nineteen-eighties she was very active in alternative theatre and street performances. She now earns a living as teacher of English in a secondary school.