Born on 22 August 1929 in Naujaplente (Alytus district). Died on 06.10.2007 in Vilnius.
He attended primary schools in Pocelionys and Alove, later, in 1941-1949, Alytus Gymnasium, Vilnius I Gymnasium, and preparatory courses at VVU. From 1949 to 1954 he studied Lithuanian language and literature at Vilnius University. Worked in the editorial office of the newspaper "Lietuvos pionierius". After graduating from the university, 1954-1959 - editor of the State Fiction Publishing House, head of the editorial office. 1959-1962 - Literature consultant to the Lithuanian Writers' Union. 1962 - Appointed editor-in-chief of the Fiction Publishing House. 1970-1976 - Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Lithuanian Writers' Union. From 1976 to 1988 - Chairman of the Board of the Lithuanian Writers' Union.
First literary attempts since 1946. First publications in the press in 1956. Main genres - poetry and poetry translations.
Poetry is characterised by reflection, a synthesis of psychological lyricism and intellectualism, contemplation of existential questions, the fate of the individual and the nation as a whole in the vicissitudes of history, a simple, coherent and at the same time capacious composition, and a restrained way of speaking, characterised by subtext and innuendos, and which is not without its irony. Themes: the beauty of nature in the homeland, love of the homeland and ordinary people, the drama of time and human existence.
The poetry has been translated and published in separate editions in other languages: Russian - 5 editions, Latvian - 2 editions, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Georgian, Azerbaijani, Turkmen, Polish, Czech, Bulgarian, Serbian. Collections and anthologies in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Moldovan, Finnish, Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian and other languages. Individual poems have been translated into the exotic languages of Mongolian, Hindi, Bengali, Sorbian, Tagalog and Swahili.