Born on 11 February 1905 in Juknėnai (Utena district), died on 16 December 1983 in Vilnius.
He studied at Kaunas "Aušros" grammar school, in 1934 he graduated from VMU Faculty of Humanities. 1932-42 he was a teacher, 1936-40 he was a presenter of literary broadcasts in Radiofono. He organized the LRD newspaper. He also took part in the Pjūvis, Naujosios Romuvos magazines. He wrote in Vaire, Lietuvos adidas, Ūkininko patarejs, Akademikas, Trimit, Kary, Šviesos kelios, Žiburėlis. In 1944 he was a member of the partisan "Tauro" district, and edited the newspaper "Laisvės žvalgus". 1948 arrested, imprisoned in Mordovia, Olzheras, Omsk camps.
