Born on 07.11.1946 in Tartokas village, Ignalina district.
He attended Žeimiai Primary School, Kazitiškis Seven-Year School, Dūkštė Secondary School and Kaunas First Boarding School. 1964-1969 - studied Lithuanian language and literature and journalism at Vilnius University. He worked at the State Youth Theatre, "Minties" and "Mokslo" publishing houses, the newspapers "Savininkas", "Drobiečių žodis", "Aušros" printing house, and as a technical editor at the public enterprise "Naujasis amžius". Vaitkevičius' reviews and reviews have been published in the Christian thought, culture and society newspaper "XXI amžius".