Born on 20 January 1941 in Dukurnonys, Prienai district.
In 1959 graduated from Jiezno secondary school. In 1966 - French language at Vilnius Pedagogical Institute (now Lithuanian University of Education), in 1976 - English language at Vilnius University. In 1966-1969 he worked as a French teacher in Kupiškis, and in 1969-1970 in Lentvaris. In 1970 he worked in the Republican Library, in 1970-1975 in the Foreign Languages Cabinet of the Republican Teachers' Improvement Institute, in 1975-1984 in the Ministry of Education of Lithuania, and in 1984-1995 in the publishing house Vaga as an editor of translation literature. Since 1995 freelance translator and editor, cooperating with various publishing houses. He translates fiction classics and contemporary works from French, Italian and Spanish.