Born on 21 December 1918 in the village of Vartų, Vilkaviškis district.
Died on 04 11 1998 in Kaunas. Buried in Panemunes Cemetery.
The poet was born in the village of Vartai, Bartininkai Valsčius. He attended schools in Vartai, later Bartininkai, Kalvarija Pro-Gymnasium and Vilkaviskis Gymnasium. In 1937, he entered the Marijampolė Teachers' Seminary, and after graduating from it, he taught Lithuanian language, psychology, history, and music at the Kalvarija Gymnasium during the years of the German occupation near Vištytis, and during the years of the Soviet occupation. He started writing poems while studying Lithuanian studies at Kaunas University. His first publication was in "Jaunoja Lietuvoje" in 1940. After obtaining a diploma in philology, he worked with J. Čeniene on textbooks ("Skaitinius") for grades V, VI and VII, and wrote a "Short Course on Literary Theory" in them. Later, while teaching Lithuanian language and literature at the Technical College of Food Industry, he drew up syllabuses and test assignments for Lithuanian, as well as Russian and Polish schools in the language of instruction. He collaborated with the satire and humour publications "Šluota" and "Ūpas", the children's magazine "Genys", and was a member of the "Šaipokų" company, which promoted humour and satire. For many years, he himself organised satire and humour evenings. His texts were published in the collection of humorous prose "Trinktinė" (1991), and in the collection of Kaunas satirists and humorists "Šaipokai" (1997). He has written a number of lyrics for various types of songs.