20/08/2026
Let us introduce you!
Lina Simutytė (b. 1990) finished studies in cinema dramaturgy at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. She began publishing her prose works in periodical cultural magazines and started working as a freelance screenwriter, playwright, and copywriter in 2013. Her debut book of short stories “Miesto šventė” (Town Festival) was published in 2020 and won the Jurga Ivanauskaitė prize for free, open and bold creative expression, also won the Young Artist Award of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania. Her texts emphasize the links with cosmopolitan civilization, its diversity and abundance. As Author she works in the field of social communication and creative writing and is developing her own literary project Blunkanti sofa (“Fading sofa”), investigating anxiety in the works of young artists and their personal experiences during interviews and performances. Her works are published in many cultural magazines, including literary magazines “Vilnius Review” and “No More Amber”, presenting writers from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania once a year. Simutytė’s texts are translated into English, German, Dutch, Georgian, Polish, Latvian and other languages. Author has received several scholarships of Lithuanian Culture Council, had residencies at BCWT, Besiendershuis, “Scanorama Shortcut”, International Writers and Translators house in Ventspils, “Verpėjos”, and Kintai Arts craft center. Lina Simutytė was granted the status of an artist by The Lithuanian Ministry of Culture in 2021.
‘Domestic Astronomy’, an exhibition by Dalia Mikonytė, Adomas Žudys, Marija Jociūtė and Lina Simutytė
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LT.art Vienna 2026:
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𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥, 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴
June - November, 2026
Full program - link in bio.
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° Festival logo by Ale Zapata
° Supported by the Lithuanian Council for Culture, Global Lithuania, MA7, Vienna’s 17th District, and the Embassy of Lithuania in Vienna
