Born on 27 March 1932 in Pimpičkuos, Kupiškis district.
In 1945 he was exiled with his family to the Perm district, in 1947 he escaped to Lithuania, went into hiding, in 1950 he changed his surname. In 1959 he graduated from Šiauliai Secondary School of Agriculture, in 1973 - from the Academy of Agriculture. He worked in the editorial offices of the Šiauliai r. newspaper (1959-1967) and the magazine "Mūsų sodai" (1967-1999).