Born 20 July 1914 in Vrútky. She studied at the Teachers' Institute in Bratislava. From 1937 to 1938 she was an editor for the magazines Slovenský východ and Novosti in Košice. During the Second World War she lived in Prešov and Bratislava and continued her literary activities. From 1946 to 1948 she headed the publishing house Svojet' in Košice. After 1948 she was excluded from the Slovak Writers' Union, as she did not conform to the canons of socialist literature. She was not allowed to publish for ten years. In the 1950's she worked as a clerk in different state-owned companies. From 1962 to 1970 she was an editor for the children's magazine Zornička. Zelinová lives in Bratislava.
