Born on 06 May 1922 in Žadeikeliai, Pasvalys district. Died 25 01 2015 in Vilnius.
As a schoolboy he was a member of the Atheist organisation. In 1942-1943 he was taken from Pasvalys Gymnasium to work in Germany. In 1944-1947 he was a teacher at Saločiai Pro-Gymnasium, in 1952-1954 - at Onuškis Secondary School. In 1953-1962 he worked as an inspector at the Ministry of Education, in 1963-1968 he was a prose consultant for the Lithuanian Writers' Union. His works have been translated into Czech, Estonian, Latvian, Russian and Ukrainian.