Born on 09.12.1930 in Lipliūnai, Lazdijai district. Died on 07 02 2009 in Vilnius.
In 1956 he graduated from Vilnius University in Lithuanian studies, in 1970 from Leningrad (now St Petersburg) University in Italian. Worked in magazine editorial offices. Lecturer in Italian at Vilnius Pedagogical University (now Lithuanian University of Education). Awarded a first-class state pension in 2001.