Radauskas was born on 23 April 1910 in Kraków, then part of
Austria-Hungary. Radauskas's mother Amalija Kieragga was a
Protestant from
East Prussia. Radauskas spent his childhood in
Panevėžys. However, the
First World War forced his family to relocate to Novonikolayevsk, currently
Novosibirsk, where he started attending school. His family returned to newly independent Lithuania in 1921. He studied at a teacher's seminary in Panevėžys, from which he graduated in 1929. Radauskas could speak the German, French, Russian, and Polish languages. Later, Radauskas studied
Lithuanian,
German and
Russian literatures at the
Vytautas Magnus University in
Kaunas. Although a reserved person, From 1934 to 1936 Radauskas worked in the university's library. By the suggestion of a friend, Radauskas became a radio announcer and hosted shows in Lithuanian and German in
Klaipėda. From 1937 to 1941 he was an editor for the Lithuanian Commission of Book Publishing. Radauskas and his wife moved to Germany in 1944 and temporarily resided with his relative in
Berlin. At the end of the
Second World War, Radauskas moved again to
Reutlingen, where he worked as a French translator. Radauskas emigrated to
the United States in 1949. At first, Radauskas worked in factories. However, he soon got a job at the
Library of Congress, becoming its official employee in 1959. In 1970, Radauskas was fired from his position due to staff reduction. That same year, on 27 August 1970, while working as an interpreter at a conference, Radauskas unexpectedly died. == Bibliography ==