Born on 06.06.1961 in Punsk, Poland.
Graduated from the Warsaw Academy of Agriculture. Since 1990 worked in the editorial office of "Ausra", since 1993 - in the publishing house of "Ausra". Currently Director and Editor-in-Chief of Aušra Publishing House.
S. Birgel's poetry has been translated into Polish, Belarusian, German and English, and he himself translates from and into Polish. The composer Vytautas Juozapaitis has written several compositions for professional choirs and a musical cycle "Prisikėlė Tėvynė" (The Homeland Has Risen) based on his poems.