Born on 29 February 1944 in Kalvarija.
In 1949-1957 he was exiled with his family to Siberia, Irkutsk region. On his return he graduated from secondary school in Marijampole. In 1962-1967 he studied Lithuanian language and literature at Vilnius University. After his studies, he taught for a while in Marijampolė and later worked in various state institutions. From 1991 to 2000 he was the editor of the Marijampolė community newspaper "Sugrįžimai", and in 1997 he was the editor of the ethno-cultural magazine "Suvalkija". Since 1992 he has been working at the Vilkaviškis Diocese Museum of Church Art, as its head, and since 2000 he has been the head of the Museum of Partisans and Exile of the Tauro District of Marijampolė. He belongs to the XXVII Society of Book Lovers.