Born on 07 September 1952 in Vilnius.
In 1975 he graduated from Vilnius University, Faculty of Philology, majoring in Lithuanian language and literature. Since 1974 he has been working at the Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore, where he is the head of the Contemporary Literature Department. Doctor of Humanities in 1999. Member of the editorial boards of the monthly "Metai", the scientific journals "Literatūra", "Lituanistica", "Colloquia" and others. She has published articles in scientific journals, cultural press and collections.