Born 12 October 1933 in Šiauliai.
In 1958 he graduated from Vilnius University and obtained a degree as a teacher of English language and literature. From 1959 to 1991 she worked as an editor at the Vaga publishing house: in the editorial department of children's and youth literature, in the editorial department of children's translated literature, and in the editorial department of the "World Literature Library". The first publication in translation appeared in 1960.