Born on 30 December 1907 in the village of Stanionys, Panevėžys county. Died 17 03 2006.
After graduating from Panevėžys Gymnasium in 1929, he entered the Faculty of Humanities of Kaunas Vytautas Magnus University, graduating in 1933. In the first year he started to work in the university office. During his studies, he published his first work of fiction - a short story "Neišbrista dumblynė" in the Kultura magazine.