Pirkko Saisio

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Pirkko Saisio (born 16 April 1949, in Helsinki) is a Finnish author, actress and director. She has also writen under the pen name Jukka Larsson and Eva Wein. Saisio has a broad literary output, dealing with many kinds of texts from movie screenplays all the way to librettos for the ballet. Saisio received her degree in acting from Suomen teatterikoulu (now Theatre Academy) in 1975 and worked there as a professor of dramaturgy in 1997 and 2001.

Saisio's dauguter, whose father is the late Harri Hyttinen, is actress Elsa Saisio.