Born on 31 May 1939 in Rumukus, Vilkaviskis district.
Doctor of Humanities (1978), associate professor (1984), member of the Lithuanian Writers' Union and the Lithuanian Literary Translators' Union. Graduated from Vilnius University in 1962, and completed his PhD at St Petersburg University in 1977. Since 1968 he has been working at the Centre for Foreign Languages of the Lithuanian Academy of Arts, since 1976 head of the Centre. 1991 - Head of the Lithuanian Information Centre in London. Researched the genre of the novel, published articles on English writers. Has written lit. textbooks in English
Literature (1971, with others), American Literature (1992, with others), Lithuanian and English-Lithuanian dictionaries for children. Translated about 30 novels and short stories into Lithuanian: R. Bradbury (The Martian Chronicles, Milk Wine, Goodbye Summer), J.F. Cooper, H.G. Wells (The Time Machine, The Island of Dr. Moore), A. Clarke (2001 A Space Odyssey), C.D. Simak (The City), R. Kent (The Tyrants), A. Burgess (Shakespeare), M. Cunningham (Those Hours), A. Huxley (Brave New World), English fairy tales (The Magic Horn), American fairy tales, children's books (R. Scarry's What People Do All Day). He has also translated from English books on history, economics, literary criticism, etc.: A Survey of American History, A Survey of American Literature, A Survey of American Economics, etc.