Born on 11 September 1941 in Dapsiai, Mažeikiai district.
In 1964 he graduated from Vilnius University with a degree in Lithuanian Philology. He was a teacher, worked in various editorial offices ("Literatūros ir meno", "Jaunimo gretų" and others), edited the magazines "Naujoji sąmonė" and "Indra". His first collection of poetry, "Slenkančios kopos" (Sliding Dunes), was published in 1967. He translated and published the poetry of J. W. Goethe, A. Pushkin, A. Blok, M. Voloshin, K. I. Gałczyński, T. Rózewicz, S. Firkovič, M. Kulbak, A. Suckever, J. Amichai, L. Karsavin, and the ancient Hindu poem "Bhagavadgyta". His own poems have been translated into English, German, Ukrainian, Moldavian, Latvian, Georgian, Azerbaijani, Russian (Пока летит стрела - While the Arrow Flies, Moscow, 1990) and other languages. Lithuanian professional composers have written more than 100 songs based on his texts. He is a member of the Lithuanian Association of Artists. Lives in Vilnius.