Born on 03 03 1961 in Vilnius.
Graduated from the Juozas Tallat-Kelpša Higher School of Music. In 1987 he graduated from Vilnius University, majoring in Lithuanian language and literature. 1989-1992 studied at Illinois State University (Illinois), USA, graduated with a Master of Liberal Arts degree. In 1987 he worked as an editor at the Lithuanian Film Studio, and was an assistant at the Vilnius University Lithuanian Literature Department. From 1992-1995, he was an editor and translator at the publishing house Lumen / Logos. From 1995-2001 he was editor-in-chief of the Franciscan weekly "Darbininkas" in New York. In 2003-2004 he worked as a commentator for LRT radio. His poems have been translated into Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Hungarian, Bulgarian, English, Swedish, Polish, Latvian, Georgian, Czech, Slovak, Italian, Maltese, Spanish, Japanese, and have been published in periodicals and anthologies of those countries. Participated in international poetry festivals in Medellin (Colombia), Riga, Medana (Slovenia), Visby (Sweden), PDR (Druskininkai), Moscow, St. Petersburg, Warsaw, etc., and in the readings of the International PEN Club congresses in Moscow (2000), Helsinki (1998), etc. Since 2005 member of the Lithuanian Union of Photographers. Since 2013 member of the Lithuanian Literary Translators' Union.