Born on 10 July 1935 in Kalupiai, Jurbarkas district. Died 31 December 2014 in Vilnius.
In 1958 graduated from Vilnius University, Lithuanian language and literature. From 1962 he taught history of literature, literary theory, poetics and aesthetics. 1965-1992 Head of the Department of Lithuanian Literature. In 1966 he defended his thesis as a candidate of philology. 1983 Doctor of Philology. Since 1985 professor. 1992-1999 Head of the Department of Literary Theory, 2001-2002 Professor of the Department of Literary History and Theory. From 1969-1975 he was the editor of the higher education research paper "Literature", and since 1989 he has been the editor-in-chief of the yearbook of the S. Stanevičius Community "Aitvarai". 1992-2000 worked at the Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore, 1997-1998 Editor-in-Chief of the Institute of Science and Encyclopaedia Publishing. Retired in 2002. He is the most renowned poetry specialist in Lithuania. He drafted, edited and wrote some of the study articles for the new profile publication "History of Lithuanian Literature. XIX century" (2001), which reinterprets most of the classics of Lithuanian literature and provides detailed and updated characteristics of the period. One of the most prominent disciples of Jurgis Lebedis, a specialist in old literature, and the author of his legacy. He wrote and published many articles on the history of Lithuanian literature (mainly from the 19th century), poetry, literary theory, aesthetics, and reviewed literary studies, and less frequently fiction books in the scientific press.