Eeva Elisabeth Joenpelto (17 June 1921,Sammatti, Finland – 28 January 2004,Lohja, Finland), married name after 1945Hellemann, was an award-winning Finnish novelist. Her writing is especially remembered for the Lohjatetralogy which depicted strong women. Described as a "productive novelist of monomaniacal intensity",^[1] she occasionally wrote under the pseudonyms of Eeva Helle and Eeva Autere. Joenpelto was President ofPEN Finland in 1964-67 and worked as an art professor from 1980–85. She was married (until 1975) toJarl Hellemann, the CEO ofTammi.

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

• Thanks for the Book Award forVetää kaikista ovista (1975)
• Finlandia Prize forTuomari Müller, hieno mies (1994)

• Mahlamäki, Tiina:Kuinka elää ihmisiksi? Eeva Joenpellon kirjailijamuotokuva. Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, 2009.ISBN 978-952-222-133-9.
• Mahlamäki, Tiina:Naisia kansalaisuuden kynnyksellä. Eeva Joenpellon Lohja-sarjan tulkinta. Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, 2005.

• Eeva Joenpelto atIMDb
• Eeva Joenpelto at Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Literature and Theater

• 1921 births
• 2004 deaths
• People from Lohja
• Finnish women novelists
• Writers from Uusimaa
• 20th-century Finnish women writers
• 20th-century Finnish novelists
• Pro Finlandia Medals of the Order of the Lion of Finland
• Finlandia Prize winners

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