Born on 15 July 1926 in Impoliškis homestead, Kanapynė village, Anykščiai district. Died 11 06 2016 in Vilnius.
In 1939-1942 he studied at Kupiškis Gymnasium, in 1942-1944 at Telšiai Teachers' Seminary, in 1944-1945 at Panevėžys Teachers' Seminary. In 1945 he was arrested, accused of anti-Soviet activities, sentenced and imprisoned in Panevėžys, Vilnius and Vorkuta (Russia). He was released a year later. In 1946-1947 he graduated from the Panevėžys Teachers' Seminary. 1951-1952, he worked in the editorial office of the newspaper "Lietuvos pionierius" (Lithuanian Pioneer), 1952-1960, at the State Publishing House of Fiction (now "Vaga"). From 1960 to 1991 he was the fiction editor of the literary magazine "Pergalė" (now "Metai"). Translator from Russian into Lithuanian of novels and plays by Grigorijus Kanovičius.