professorship at the Theatre Academy, before becoming director of the Helsinki City Theatre for a two-year term. In 1995, she then returned to teaching directing at the Theatre Academy – this time as a professor – for another five years. Between 2002 and 2004, Korhonen worked as guest professor at the Swedish Institute of Dramatic Art. Since 2007, Korhonen has worked as a freelance director. Between 2007 and 2009, she received an art professorship, a kind of prestigious grant, from the Finnish state. In total, she has directed more than 100 plays. Personal life Korhonen was born in Sotkamo in 1941 to provost Kusti Vihtori Korhonen and his wife, Kirsti Johanna Korhonen. The family moved to Helsinki in 1957. In 1965 she married composer Kaj Chydenius. They had two children, Kalle and Jussi Chydenius, born in 1970 and 1972, respectively. Jussi Chydenius is a member of the a capella group Rajaton. They divorced in 1980. In 1991, Korhonen married actor Matti Tapio Rasila. Awards and accolades Art Prize of the Student Union of the University of Helsinki, 1966 Eino Leino Prize, 1974 , 1980 Pro Finlandia, 1990 Finnish Theatre Directors' Union (member of Trade Union for Theatre and Media) Insignia, 1998 , 2000 Central Union of Finnish Theatre Organizations () Golden decoration, 2001 Finnish Theatre Directors' Union Golden insignia, 2007 Honorary Doctor of Theatre Arts at the Theatre Academy, 2009 Life's Work Award (), 2012 Discography Solo albums Kaisa Korhonen (1969) Työstä Ja Taistelusta (1970) Maamme Lauluja (1977) Elämäni Laulut (Compilation, 1993) KOM-teatteri Porvari Nukku Huonosti (1971) Kansainvälinen (1972) Bibliography Enemmän kuin totta hetken aikaa : Kaisa Korhonen, Kalle Holmberg ja Pekka Milonoff keskustelevat ohjaajantyöstä () (1977) Uhma, vimma, kaipaus : muistiinpanoja työstä ja elämästä () (1993) Koirien ajama kettu : ohjaustaiteen kysymyksiä () (editor, 1998) Näytös vailla loppua () (editor with K. Tanskanen, 2005) Theatre People – People's Theatre (editor with K. Tanskanen, 2006) Näytöksen paikka : suomalaisen teatterin vuosi 2007 () (editor with J. Lahtinen, 2007) Kiihottavasti totta () (with H.-L. Helavuori, 2008) Människan som skådeplats () (with H.-L. Helavuori, 20012) References External links Kaisa Korhonen on Discogs Kaisa Korhonen on IMDb 1941 births Living people People from Sotkamo Writers from Kainuu Recipients of the Eino Leino Prize Academic staff of the University of Tampere Finnish women academics 20th-century Finnish women singers