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Pirkko Saisio
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1949
- Works
- 17
Top works
- Vastavalo
- Musta Saara
- Slava! Kunnia
- Baikalin lapset
- Tunnottomuus
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Film & TV
Helsinki, Finland
Pirkko Saisio is a Finnish author, director and actress. She has also written under the pen names Jukka Larsson and Eva Wein. Saisio is best known for his work in literature, and has broad literary output. In addition to novels, she has written plays, film and television screenplays, musicals, librettos, song lyrics and translations. Saisio is the mother of actress Elsa Saisio, and is in a Civil…
Known for
- Nightborn — Saga's Mother2026
- Orenda — Natalia2025
- Helene — Olga Schjerfbeck2020
- Prime Minister — Tarja Halonen2009
- The 3 Rooms of Melancholia — Narrator2004
- Lovers & Leavers — Leila Vaara2002
- Juhannushäät — Sotilaskotisisar1979
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 6
- Total plays
- 242
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Helena
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Finland
- Place of birth
- Helsinki
- Spouse
- Pirjo Honkasalo
- Child
- Elsa Saisio
- Occupation
- pedagogue
- Educated at
- Theatre Academy Helsinki
- Languages spoken
- Finnish
- Award
- Runeberg Prize
- Field of work
- pedagogy
- Image
- Pirkko Saisio.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1949-04-16
- pseudonym
- Jukka Larsson
- birth name
- Pirkko Helena Saisio
- Commons category
- Pirkko Saisio
- nominated for
- Nordic Council Literature Prize
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