Born on 17 February 1930 in Kuisiai, Tauragė Valsci.
Died 29 07 2010 in Kaunas. Buried in Petrašiūnai Cemetery.
In 1951 he graduated from Tauragė Secondary School, in 1955 - Lithuanian language and literature at Vilnius Pedagogical Institute, obtained a diploma of Lithuanian teacher. Candidate of Philology in 1969. Since 1955 teacher at Laukuvos secondary school. 1962-1964 lecturer at Šiauliai Pedagogical Institute, 1966-2000 lecturer at Vilnius University, Kaunas Faculty of Humanities, 1978-1988 head of the Department of Lithuanian Language and Literature; since 1973 associate professor. He has published articles on Povilas Višinskis, Petras Cvirkas and other writers, and has written essays and novels.