You can use post_init for this
from dataclasses import dataclass
@dataclass
class One:
f_one: int
f_two: str
@dataclass
class Two:
f_three: str
f_four: One
def __post_init__(self):
self.f_four = One(**self.f_four)
data = {'f_three': 'three', 'f_four': {'f_one': 1, 'f_two': 'two'}}
print(Two(**data))
# Two(f_three="three", f_four=One(f_one=1, f_two='two'))