Born on 13 February 1931 in Raseiniai. Died 09 06 2019
Graduated from Raseiniai Secondary School in 1953, and in 1958 graduated from Vilnius University with a degree in German Studies. In 1958-1977 he worked at Vaga Publishing House, in 1977-1992 at Mokslo Publishing House. "He worked in the editorial office of translated literature at Vaga Publishing House (only in 1970-1974 he was the head of the bibliography and information editorial office), he went through all the stages of the editor's work from junior to senior, edited about 70 books of translated literature, most of them were translations from German. His first translation appeared in 1960.At the Mokslo publishing house, he worked as head of the science popularisation editorial office from 1977 to 1981 and as head of the dictionary editorial office from 1981 to 1992. He retired in 1992 and is a freelance translator. He translates fiction classics and contemporary works from German. He has translated Frisch's play "Biography: a play", plays by T. Njiri, short stories by R. M. Rilke, A. Schnitzler, F. Kafka, J. Bobrovsky and V. Borchert.