Born on 02 01 1947 in Prienai.
In 1971 graduated in journalism from Vilnius University. 1971-1977 taught philosophy at Kaunas higher education institutions. After refusing to join the Communist Party, he was dismissed from his job and expelled from the philosophy postgraduate school. He worked at the Kaunas Museum, the Academy of Agriculture, etc., and from 2005 to 2019 he was the Director of the State Jewish Museum of Vilnius Gaon. Zingeris' work has been translated into English, Swedish, French, German, Italian, Hungarian, Polish, published in prose and poetry collections in Lithuania