Born on 30 April 1959 in Kaunas.
In his childhood he studied music, graduated from Vilnius University, Kaunas Faculty of Humanities, where he studied Lithuanian language and literature. She was a teacher, worked as a presenter of cultural programmes in Kaunas television, in Kaunas culture and art weekly "Nemunas", and as a contract editor in various publishing houses. Zelčiūtė's articles on photography and theatre have been published in the culture weeklies "Nemunas" and "Literatūra ir menas". For more than 5 years, the writer has also organised creative meetings with writers, actors, directors in the continuous cycles "Stairs" and "Creative Hour" at the Kaunas Artists' House, as well as photography exhibitions, photographers' gatherings and discussions. He is a regular creative collaborator with Lithuanian expatriates in Switzerland, Germany and the Lithuanian European Centre. His work has been translated into Russian, English, Swedish, Bulgarian, Polish, German and French.