Born on 24 February 1940 in Trakai village, Širvintos district.
He studied at Vindeikiai, Musninki schools, Panevėžys Hydromelioration Technical College. In 1956-1957 he worked at the Anykščiai district newspaper "Kolektyvinis darbas", in 1957-1965 he was a literary worker and head of the editorial department of the newspaper "Panevėžio tiesa". In 1961 he graduated from Panevėžys 1st Secondary School. 1965-1972 - correspondent of the newspaper "Tiesa" in Panevėžys region, 1972-1993 - in Dzūkija. 1979-1984 studied at the Faculty of Economics of the Lithuanian Academy of Agriculture (now Aleksandras Stulginskis University). In 1995-1997 he was a correspondent of the newspaper "Litas", and later he was the editor of the newspaper "Southern Lithuania", which ran from 1995-2003. His work has been published in "Kultūros barai", "Nemunas", Lithuanian and foreign almanacs, translated into Latvian and Polish. Lives in Alytus.