Born on 15 June 1936 in Lenkimai, Skuodas district.
In 1955 graduated from Mosėdis secondary school. In 1956-1961 he was a teacher, in 1961-1979 he worked for the Skuodas district newspaper "Mūsų žodis". In 1963 he graduated from Vilnius University with a degree in Lithuanian studies. In Vilnius he worked in the editorial offices of various newspapers and magazines. She began writing poems while still in high school, and her first publication appeared in the press in 1957.