Born on 08.02.1942 in Žvaguičiai, Biržai district. Died 09 09 2018.
In 1964 graduated from Vilnius University with a degree in Lithuanian Studies. 1964-1966 - teacher in Čebatoriai. In 1966 he worked for the magazine "Švyturys", and from 1967 he worked in the editorial office of "Moksleivis" (1975-1980 and 1989-2001 he was the editor-in-chief). In 1974-1980 and 1995-1998 he was the Chairman of the Lithuanian Writers' Union Foundation, in 1981-1986 he was the Vice-Chairman of the Lithuanian Writers' Union. He has written numerous publications on the life and problems of young people in "Moksleivys", book reviews, and discussion articles in the literary press. For twenty-eight years (since 1967) he worked in the Commission for the Evaluation of Young Literary Writers prepared by the Ministry of Education and Science, and was its chairman for seventeen years. He compiled three almanacs of schoolchildren's creativity.