Eeva Joenpelto
Illustration — Eeva Joenpelto (middle) sitting next to president Urho Kekkonen (left) on Independence Day, 1958. • Illustration — Eeva Joenpelto's Square in Lohja. Eeva Elisabeth Joenpelto (17 June 1921, Sammatti, Finland – 28 January 2004, Lohja, Finland), married name after 1945 Hellemann, was a Finnish novelist. Her writing is especially remembered for the Lohja tetralogy which depicted strong women.
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Eeva Joenpelto
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- Full name
- Eeva Elisabeth Joenpelto.
- Born
- 1921. · Sammatti (Finland: Kunta).
- Died
- 2004. · Lohja.
- Nationality
- Finland.
- Occupation
- writer.
- Fields
- historical fiction and fiction.
- Education
- University of Tampere and University of Helsinki.
- Honours
- Thanks for the Book Award, Kalevi Jäntti Award, Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland, Aleksis Kivi Award, Finlandia Award and Finnish State Prize for Literature.
- Languages
- Finnish.
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Illustration — Eeva Joenpelto (middle) sitting next to president Urho Kekkonen (left) on Independence Day, 1958. • Illustration — Eeva Joenpelto's Square in Lohja. Eeva Elisabeth Joenpelto (17 June 1921, Sammatti, Finland – 28 January 2004, Lohja, Finland), married name after 1945 Hellemann, was a Finnish novelist. Her writing is especially remembered for the Lohja tetralogy which depicted strong women.
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Sammatti (Finland: Kunta).
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Eeva Joenpelto Prize
Eeva Joenpelto Prize
Described as a "productive novelist of monomaniacal intensity", she occasionally wrote under the pseudonyms of Eeva Helle and Eeva Autere. Joenpelto was President of PEN Finland in 1964-67 and worked as an art professor from 1980 to 1985. She was married (until 1975) to Jarl Hellemann, the CEO of Tammi.
Eeva Joenpelto studied at University of Tampere and University of Helsinki. The recorded working language is Finnish. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are historical fiction and fiction. Places of work recorded in the authority are Lohja and Sammatti. Distinctions recorded are Thanks for the Book Award, Kalevi Jäntti Award, Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland and Aleksis Kivi Award.
The Eeva Joenpelto Prize in literature has been awarded by Lohja to honor the city's written heritage. Its recipients have been: • 1988 – Jaan Kross • 1992 – Olof Lagercrantz • 1995 – Sándor Csoóri • 1998 – Andreï Makine • 2001 – Bernhard Schlink • 2004 – Herbjørg Wassmo
Awards
Awards
• Thanks for the Book Award for Vetää kaikista ovista (1975) • Finlandia Prize for Tuomari Müller, hieno mies (1994)
Writer Eeva Joenpelto (1921–2004) in December 1958.
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