Born on 06 01 1927 in Zyboli, Rokiškis district.
After graduating from the Vilnius Pedagogical Institute (now the Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences), he taught there for almost two decades (1952-1971), was the head of the Department of Lithuanian and Foreign Literatures (1959-1963), and the dean of the Faculty of Philology (1968-1971). From 1971 to 1991 (with interruptions) he was the Head of the Department of Lithuanian Literature at Vilnius University, and since 1987 Professor. Habilitated Doctor of Laws at Vilnius University from 1971-1993. From 1981 to 1992 he was the editor-in-chief and one of the compilers of the continuous publication "Literatūra". Collaborated with the Rokiškis newspaper "Prie Nemunėlio" published in 1989-1997, and later with the renewed Rokiškis Region Culture magazine of the same name. For several decades, V. Areška was active in the field of literary criticism, published dozens of articles and reviews on the works of his contemporaries in periodicals, collections of articles, and as a co-author in books.