Sruoga was born on 2 April 1899 in the village of Baibokai, near modern-day
Panevėžys, then the
Kovno Governorate of the
Russian Empire. In 1918 Sruoga graduated from the Panevėžys
real school. Due to the
First World War, it was moved to
Venyov, a town belonging to the Imperial Russian
Tula Governorate. After returning to
German-occupied Lithuania, Sruoga was secretly made the elder of
Vabalninkas, and later as manager of the education department of the
Biržai district. Sruoga fought in the
Lithuanian Wars of Independence, serving in the
Lithuanian Army from 28 October 1919 to 5 August 1922. For his service, in 1931 he was awarded his own plot in
Kaunas, the temporary capital of Lithuania. Sruoga graduated from the Swiss
St. Gallen Institute of Trade in 1925. Sruoga graduated from the
University of Bern in 1929 with a
doctor's degree. From 1929 to 1936, Sruoga was head of the department of loans and economic information of the Lithuanian Ministry of Finance. An active entrepreneur, Sruoga read lectures on economic questions on the Kaunas
radiophone, wrote articles in various magazines such as
Tautos ūkis,
Vairas,
Lietuvos Aidas, and others. From 1933 to 1936, Sruoga edited the weekly newspaper
Verslas. From 1935 to 1937, Sruoga wrote a total of four books. From 1936 to 1940, Sruoga acted as the co-director of the joint-stock company
Maistas. In 1944, Sruoga emigrated to Germany, and to the United States in 1947. As an
émigré, Sruoga was a council member of the Lithuanian Community of the United States of America, the Lithuanian Armed Forces Volunteer Center, as well as the chairman of the Chicago branch of the Union of Lithuanian Journalists. From 1953 to 1954, Sruoga was one of the editors of the
Laisva Lietuva magazine. Sruoga died on 9 March 1974 in
Elgin, Illinois. ==References==