Born on 07.01.1906 in Trempiniai (Marijampolė district), died on 28.06.1971 in Vilnius.
In 1932 he graduated from the Faculty of Humanities of VMU. In 1933-34 and 1939-40 he was a teacher in Kaunas, in 1934-39 in Klaipėda. Edited the magazine Trečias frontas, collaborated in Kultura, Literatura, Prošvaistė. In 1940 he was a member of the People's Sejm, participated in the session of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR in Moscow during the incorporation of Lithuania into the Soviet Union. 1940-43 Commissioner of Education. In 1950 he wrote the Soviet anthem of Lithuania. 1952-64 Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Lithuania, long-time deputy of the Supreme Soviet of Lithuania and the USSR. 1954-59 Chairman of the LRS.