Eeva Joenpelto

Eeva Elisabeth Joenpelto, married name after 1945 Hellemann, was a 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 to 1985. She was married to Jarl Hellemann, the CEO of Tammi.