Born on 08.05.1935 in Užraguviai, Raseiniai district. Died 16 05 2020.
1945-1953 - studied at Vadžgiris eight-year school, Raseiniai secondary school. In 1953-1955 he was imprisoned for anti-Soviet activities in camps in Kuibyshev region and Stavrapol district. In 1955-1956 he studied at the Šilutė Labour Evening High School. 1956-1960 studied at the Theatre Faculty of the Lithuanian Conservatoire, 1971-1973 at the Gorky Literary Institute in Moscow. 1960-1964 worked for Lithuanian Television (LRT), 1964-1967 for the weekly newspaper "Literatūra ir menas", 1967-1971 for the Ministry of Culture's Board of Art Affairs. 1973-1980 Head of the Literary Department of Kaunas Drama Theatre. 1980-1984 worked in the Theatre Society, 1989-1990 in the Lithuanian Writers' Union. 1991-1993 Head of the Theatre Division of the Ministry of Culture and Education. 1994-1998 Chief Editor of the Lithuanian Radio and Television Documentary Film Studio. Actor, has acted in films and theatre. Works translated into Russian, English, Armenian, Georgian, Croatian, Latvian, Serbian and other languages.