Born on 25 November 1957 in Čekiškė, Kaunas district.
Graduated from Marijampolė Pedagogical School and Kaunas Humanities Faculty of Vilnius University. He was a teacher, editor of the publication "Trimitas", and since 1993 he has worked in the editorial office of "Ūkininko patarėys". Since 2004, Editor-in-Chief of the weekly "Nemunas" and Director of the publishing house "Kauko laiptai" (established in 2010). His work has been translated into English, Belarusian, Georgian, Croatian, Latvian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Ukrainian and Hungarian.