1941-1943 He studied Lithuanian studies at Vytautas the Great University. in 1944 moved to the West, studied English and Romance Studies at the University of Mainz. He taught in Wiesbaden and Kassel Lithuanian gymnasiums, published short stories, critical articles, translations of fiction from English in the Lithuanian press. One of the collaborators and editors of the avant-garde magazine "Zvilgsniai" (1946-1948). in 1949 went to the USA. 1949-1953 worked in a bookstore in Brooklyn, 1956-1966. - In the Secretariat of the Enslaved Peoples of Europe. in 1957 He graduated from Columbia University with a degree in comparative literature. 1965-1992 Ferli is a professor at Dickinson University (New Jersey). He cooperated in the editorial offices of the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe stations.
