Born on 12 March 1965 in Užventis, Kelme district.
1983-1987 studied at Šiauliai Pedagogical Institute (later Šiauliai University)
Lithuanian language and literature. 1993-1997 - Vytautas Magnus University and Lithuanian
Institute of Literature and Folklore, since 1997 Doctor of Humanities.
From 1988 to 2013 he worked as an assistant and senior assistant at the Department of Literature of Šiauliai University,
assistant professor, head of the department. Since 2010 he has been working at the Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore
Senior Researcher at the Department of New Literature. He has published about two hundred
Scientific, essay and journalistic articles in the field of literature and culture studies,
reviews, surveys, translations from Latvian. These
publications have been published in Lithuanian, Latvian, British scientific, literary, cultural
publications, regional press of Šiauliai region.