Born on 03.08.1936 in Pusdešriiai, Šakiai district.
In 1959 he graduated from Vilnius University, where he taught until 1964. 1964-1970 worked at the Central Committee of the Lithuanian Communist Party, 1973-1976 at the Institute of Lithuanian Language and Literature. 1976-1984 - head of the original literature editorial department of Vaga publishing house, 1984-1989 - editor-in-chief. Since 1993 he has been publishing books and editing the newspaper "Lietuvos profsąjungos".