Born on 07.12.1923 in Ricieli, Lazdijai district. Died on 02.04.2009. buried in Antakanys on the Artists Hill.
In 1948 he graduated from Vilnius Pedagogical Institute, worked for several years in secondary schools, Trakai Teachers' Seminary, Ministry of Education. In 1950, he began teaching at Vilnius Pedagogical University. In 1991 he was elected a member of the International Association of Children's Literature Researchers.