Born on 01 April 1938 in Kentaučiai village, Mažeikiai district.
He attended Kentaučiai primary school and later Židiki secondary school. In 1956 he graduated from the Vilnius Technical College of Librarianship. 1956-1958 Head of the Skuodas District Library. 1958-1959, instructor of the Skuodas District Komsomol Committee. 1959-1960 Deputy editor of the Skuodas district newspaper "Pergalė". 1960-1961 First Secretary of the Skuodas District Komsomol Committee. 1961-1962 Editor of the Skuodas district newspaper "Pergalė", 1962-1965 Deputy Editor of the same newspaper under the changed name "Mūsų žodis". In 1963, he graduated part-time from Vilnius University with a degree in journalism. 1965-1970 Secretary of the Skuodas District Committee of the Lithuanian Communist Party. 1970-1972 Deputy Editor of the newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda". 1972-1990 Editor-in-Chief of the magazine "Nemunas". 1991-1993 Editor of the newspaper "Velniovara". Since 1993 editor of the publishing house "Eridanas". In 1998 he decided to devote himself exclusively to his work. He made his debut in the press in 1951, and has published about 3000 essays in newspapers and magazines of various genres, and a number of translations have been published in the periodical press ("Nemunas", "Pergalė", "Mūsų žodis", "Jaunimo gretos", "Kauno tiesa", "Atodangos", etc.) Nicknames of L. Inis: V. Bertaitė, Vl. V. Bimba, V. Bubliauskas, E. Graužinis, R. Pilt, L. Indrašius, L. Inaitis, L. Inevičius, J. Ivanauskas, P. Ylinis, P. Jonaitis, I. Jovaitis, I. Jovaiša, I. Laimonas, Z. Lenkinietis, L. Linas, A. Lūšaitis, L. Lūšaitis, A. Lūšinis, V. Kalnėnas, V. Keršulis, P. Kulvietis, J. Kuodis, L. Mikas, I. Namajūnas, K. Naujokas, K. Normantas, K. Pečiauskas, K. Pečiulis, L. Pilėnas, K. Pilūnas, L. Pušinskas M. Ragainis, Eug. Rozė, P. Serapinas, Per. Sereda, Br. Smoliakovas, S. Stasėnas, P. Stepulis, V. Timpa, L. Tumėnas, Pr. Vainauskas, P. Vaičiulis, K. Vaišnoras, M. Zinevičius, L. Zinys, Vl. Žemkalnis, K. Žilys, L. Žilvys, S. Žuta. He compiled 6 collections of essays and almanacs, published a number of critical articles and reviews. Lives in Kaunas.