Born on 17 April 1924 in Sruogiškės, Zarasai district. Died 11 04 2009 in Vilnius.
1946-1952 studied French language and literature at the Faculty of History and Philology of Vilnius State University. In 1958 she moved to the Fiction Publishing House (later Vaga) and worked there as an editor until 1979. First publication in translation in 1955.