Born on 04.11.1951 in Telšiai.
In 1974 graduated in Lithuanian language and literature from Vilnius University. In 1974-1975 he worked as a teacher in Tryškiai, in 1976-1988 he worked as the head of the editorial office of the magazine "Jaunimo gretos". 1996-2001 - Inspector of Journalistic Ethics. Editor-in-Chief of the monthly "Metai" from 1994-2015. Novels translated into Estonian, Italian.