# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hella-wuolijoki
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:45:00.283Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hella-wuolijoki"
name: "Hella Wuolijoki"
slug: "hella-wuolijoki"
description: "Hella Maria Wuolijoki, known by the pen name Juhani Tervapää, was an Estonian-born Finnish writer, playwright, parliamentarian, businessperson and farmer. She is best known as a dramatist, particularly for the Niskavuori series of plays and for her collaboration with Bertolt Brecht on Mr Puntila and his Man Matti. Wuolijoki served as the Director General of Yle from April 1945 to June 1949 and was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1946 to 1948. She also played a private role in the peace negotiations during the Winter War through her friendship with Alexandra Kollontai."
tagline: "Estonian-Finnish writer (1886–1954)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hella_Wuolijoki%2C_the_director-general_of_Finnish_Broadcasting_Company_1944_-1949..jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1886-07-22"
deathDate: "1954-02-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.29507066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0943362/"
    handle:    "nm0943362"
sources:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump