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Pirjo Laitila
Pirjo is a Finland, Finnish female given name. Its nameday is celebrated on 7 October. It began to be used in the 1920s, and it reached its peak of popularity in the 1940s and 1950s. As of 2013 there are 34,650 women with this name in Finland. Origin and variants The name Pirjo originated as a short form of ''Birgitta'' and ''Piritta'', Finnish versions of Brigid. A common variant is ''Pirkko''. Notable people Notable people with this name include: * Pirjo Ala-Kapee-Hakulinen (born 1944), Finnish politician * Pirjo Häggman, Finnish sprinter * Pirjo Honkasalo, Finnish filmmaker * Pirjo Leppikangas, Finnish football defender * Pirjo Muranen, Finnish cross country skier * Pirjo Ruotsalainen, Finnish orienteering competitor * Pirjo Seppä, Finnish orienteering competitor References {{reflist Finnish feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pirjo Honkasalo
Pirjo Irene Honkasalo (born 22 February 1947) is a Finnish film director who has also worked as a cinematographer, film editor, producer, screenwriter and actress. In 1980 she co-directed ''Flame Top'' with Pekka Lehto, with whom she worked earlier and later as well. The film was chosen for the 1981 Cannes Film Festival. In the 1990s she focused on feature documentaries such as "The Trilogy of the Sacred and the Satanic" ('' Mysterion'', ''Tanjuska and the 7 Devils'' and ''Atman''). Honkasalo returned to fiction with ''Fire-Eater'' (1998) and ''Concrete Night'' (2013), both of which were written by Pirkko Saisio. ''Concrete Night'' won six Jussi Awards in 2014, among them the Jussi for the Best Direction and the Jussi for the Best Film. Its world premiere was at the Toronto International Film Festival in Masters series. Pirjo Honkasalo worked as provincial artist laureate in Central Finland 1974–1975. At that time she drove around the area with one-armed scholar who made resear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
