Eeva Joenpelto, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eeva Joenpelto

Finnish writer

Date of Birth: 17-Jun-1921

Place of Birth: Sammatti, Uusimaa, Finland

Date of Death: 28-Jan-2004

Profession: writer

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Eeva Elisabeth Joenpelto (17 June 1921, Sammatti, Finland – 28 January 2004, Lohja, Finland), married name after 1945 Hellemann, was an award-winning Finnish novelist.
Her writing is especially remembered for the Lohja tetralogy which depicted strong women.
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 1980-85.
She was married (until 1975) to Jarl Hellemann, the CEO of Tammi.