Born on 08 July 1936 in Kaunas.
After graduating from secondary school he started working for the newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda", and served in the Soviet army from 1957-1959. In 1959-1963 he studied Lithuanian language and literature and journalism at Vilnius University. Until 1980 he worked in the editorial offices of various newspapers and magazines (Komsomolskaya Pravda, Shluota, Sovietskaya Litva, Kultūros barai, Agitatorius, Laikas ir įvykiai, etc.). 1985-1992 Editor-in-Chief of the magazine "Kinas". Chairman of the Kaunas and Vilnius Young Writers' Sections. Published articles, satires, humorous essays, ironic poems, parodies, epigrams in the press.