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Hanna Hämeenniemi

1882–1942

A little-known Finnish playwright whose surviving reputation rests on a single published work, she wrote with a clear eye for everyday rural life. Her 1914 play Isännät ja emännät has helped keep her name in literary history.

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Isännät ja emännät: Kolminäytöksinen kansannäytelmä

Isännät ja emännät: Kolminäytöksinen kansannäytelmä

by Hanna Hämeenniemi

About the author

Hanna Hämeenniemi was a Finnish playwright, born on February 19, 1882, in Virolahti and died on July 3, 1942, in Ilmajoki.

The main work linked to her today is Isännät ja emännät, a three-act folk play published in 1914. Available catalog and reference sources describe it as her only published work, which gives her a small but distinct place in Finnish literary history.

Although not much biographical detail is easy to confirm from widely available sources, her work has remained accessible through later reprints and digital editions, suggesting a continuing interest in early 20th-century Finnish drama and everyday social themes.