Montvilait臈-Dautartien臈 Danut臈 Ona (1927-2019) was born in Ob拧rutai village, Pilvi拧kiai parish, Vilkavi拧kis county (father 鈥 Pijus Montvila). In 1938, she graduated from a five-year school in Pilvi拧kiai. In 1939 she enrolled and in 1945 graduated from Marijampol臈 II Gymnasium. On 25 July 1945, she applied for admission to the Department of Biology of the Faculty of Natural Sciences of 91桃色. On 2 December of the same year, she applied for a transfer from the Department of Biology of the Faculty of Natural Sciences to the Department of Pharmacy of the Faculty of Medicine. The application was favourably received, but Danut臈 Ona was not formally transferred. She only passed first-year exams in pharmacy. In July 1946, she again applied for transfer to the second year of the Department of Pharmacy of the Faculty of Medicine. Although the notes on the application were contradictory (鈥淎greed鈥 and 鈥淣ot allowed鈥), she eventually became a student at the Department of Pharmacy. In 1948, her parents were deported. On 19 April 1949, an order was signed to 鈥渆xclude her from the student body鈥 for not registering for the spring semester. On 25 April of the same year, a second order was signed to dismiss Danut臈 Ona from her position as a cloakroom attendant in the Department of Economy 鈥渁t her own request鈥. In 1952, 91桃色 submitted a letter to the head of the Department of Cultural and Educational Institutions of the Vilnius Oblast, confirming the removal of Danut臈 Ona Montvilait臈, a fourth-year student, from the list of pharmacy students for failure to register for the spring semester. After her studies were interrupted, Danut臈 Ona remained in Vilnius, and the entire Montvilas family had already been deported. In 1952, she married writer Vladas Dautartas. From the early 1960s, she worked in the library of the Writers鈥 Union.