Born on 04/05/1946 in Paitaičiai, Šiauliai district.
1971-1989 - engineer at the Šiauliai Wood Processing Combine, 1992-2004 - head of the Šiauliai section of the daily newspaper "Lietuvos aidas". Since 1989 compiler and editor-in-chief of the literary almanac "Varpai". Editor-in-chief of the magazine "Lietuvos bajoras" (since 2005), correspondent of the foreign Lithuanian daily newspaper "Draugas" in Lithuania (since 2007), editor-in-chief of the journal "Genealogija ir heraldika" (since 2017). Member of Lithuanian PEN Centre since 1998.