Pirkko Saisio

Pirkko Helena Saisio is a Finnish author, actress and director. She has also written under the pen names Jukka Larsson and Eva Wein. Saisio has a broad literary output, dealing with many kinds of texts from film screenplays all the way to librettos for the ballet. Her novel Betoniyö was adapted into a feature film Concrete Night in 2013 by Pirjo Honkasalo. Saisio received her degree in acting from Suomen teatterikoulu in 1975 and worked there as a professor of dramaturgy in 1997 and 2001.