Born 18 06 1957 in Kupiškis.
In 1975 he graduated from Druskininkai I Secondary School, in 1980 - English language and literature studies at Vilnius University. From 1981 to 1990 he worked at the Foreign Literature Bookstore in Vilnius, from 1990 to 1998 he worked at the weekly magazine "Šiaurės Atėnai", from 1998 to 2000 he worked at "Radio Free Europe" in Prague. Currently a freelance translator.