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{{Short description|Finnish author, poet, and translator (1924–2021)}}
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| birth_name = Kirsi Marjatta Kunnas
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| birth_place = [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lomas|first=Herbert|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZGiAAAAAIAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=kirsi+kunnas&q=kirsi+kunnas&hl=en|title=Contemporary Finnish Poetry|date=1990-12-31|publisher=Bloodaxe Books|isbn=978-1-85224-147-6|page=67|language=en}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Helsinki]], Finland<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lomas|first=Herbert|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZGiAAAAAIAAJ&q=kirsi+kunnas|title=Contemporary Finnish Poetry|date=1990|publisher=Bloodaxe Books|isbn=1-85224-147-0|page=67|language=en}}</ref>
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'''Kirsi Marjatta Kunnas''' (born 14 December 1924 in [[Helsinki]]) is a [[Finland|Finnish]] [[poet]], [[children's literature]] author and [[translator]] into [[Finnish language|Finnish]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Kunnas, Kirsi (1924 -) |url=https://kansallisbiografia.fi/kansallisbiografia/henkilo/4842 |website=kansallisbiografia.fi |access-date=15 September 2021 |language=fi}}</ref> Her extensive oeuvre consists of [[poem]]s, [[fairy tale]] books, [[drama]], [[translation]]s (e.g. [[Lewis Carroll]], [[Federico García Lorca]]) and non-fiction. Her books have been translated into [[Swedish language|Swedish]], [[English language|English]], [[German language|German]], [[French language|French]], [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]], [[Estonian language|Estonian]] and [[Polish language|Polish]]. She has received several awards in Finland for her life's work.


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'''Kirsi Marjatta Kunnas''' (14 December 1924 – 8 November 2021) was a Finnish poet, [[children's literature]] author and translator into [[Finnish language|Finnish]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Kunnas, Kirsi (1924–2021) |url=https://kansallisbiografia.fi/kansallisbiografia/henkilo/4842 |website=Kansallisbiografia |access-date=15 September 2021 |language=fi}}</ref> Her oeuvre consists of [[poem]]s, [[fairy tale]] books, [[drama]], [[translation]]s (e.g. [[Lewis Carroll]], [[Federico García Lorca]]) and non-fiction. Her books have been translated into [[Swedish language|Swedish]], [[English language|English]], [[German language|German]], [[French language|French]], [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]], [[Estonian language|Estonian]] and [[Polish language|Polish]]. She received several awards in Finland for her life's work.
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Kunnas is married to author [[Jaakko Syrjä]], having married in 1963.<ref name="Ilta">{{cite news |last1=Jääskeläinen |first1=Kirsi |title=Kirsi Kunnas ponnisti köyhistä oloista sodan keskeltä suomalaisten suosikkikirjailijaksi – nyt 95-vuotias taiteilija julkaisi viimeisen kirjansa |url=https://www.is.fi/viihde/art-2000007663011.html |access-date=15 September 2021 |work=Ilta-Sanomat |date=6 December 2020 |language=fi}}</ref> Their sons are singer/songwriter [[Martti Syrjä]] and guitarist [[Mikko Syrjä]] of [[Eppu Normaali]].


==Personal life==
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Kunnas's parents were [[Väinö Kunnas|Väinö]] and Sylvi Kunnas, who were both visual artists. When she was four, her father died, leaving her mother to care for two small children. Sylvi Kunnas later remarried to art critic Einari Vehmas.<ref name="Ilta" />
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Kunnas married author [[Jaakko Syrjä]] in 1957.<ref name="Ilta">{{cite news |last1=Jääskeläinen |first1=Kirsi |title=Kirsi Kunnas ponnisti köyhistä oloista sodan keskeltä suomalaisten suosikkikirjailijaksi – nyt 95-vuotias taiteilija julkaisi viimeisen kirjansa |url=https://www.is.fi/viihde/art-2000007663011.html |access-date=15 September 2021 |work=Ilta-Sanomat |date=6 December 2020 |language=fi}}</ref> Their sons are singer/songwriter [[Martti Syrjä]] and guitarist [[Mikko Syrjä]] of [[Eppu Normaali]].

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Her parents were visual artists [[Väinö Kunnas|Väinö]] and Sylvi Kunnas. Her father died when she was four. Her mother married art critic Einari Vehmas.<ref name="Ilta" />

Kunnas died in her sleep at her home in Ylöjärvi on 8 November 2021, at the age of 96.<ref>{{cite news |title=Taiteen akateemikko ja kirjailija Kirsi Kunnas on kuollut 96-vuotiaana |url=https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000008390616.html |publisher=Helsingin Sanomat |access-date=8 November 2021 |language=fi |date=8 November 2021}}</ref> Her widower Jaakko Syrjä died six months later on 22 May 2022, also at the age of 96.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kirjailija Jaakko Syrjä on kuollut |url=https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000008834545.html |publisher=Helsingin Sanomat |access-date=22 May 2022 |language=fi |date=22 May 2022}}</ref>


==Bibliography==
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==External links==
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* [http://brindin.com/pokunkat.htm The Pan And The Potatoes] &ndash; A poem of Kunnas with an English translation by Herbert Lomas
* [http://brindin.com/pokunkat.htm The Pan And The Potatoes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060430110622/http://www.brindin.com/pokunkat.htm |date=30 April 2006 }} &ndash; A poem of Kunnas with an English translation by Herbert Lomas


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Latest revision as of 23:53, 11 June 2023

Kirsi Kunnas
Kunnas in 2012
Kunnas in 2012
BornKirsi Marjatta Kunnas
(1924-12-14)14 December 1924
Helsinki, Finland[1]
Died8 November 2021(2021-11-08) (aged 96)
Ylöjärvi, Finland
OccupationPoet, translator
NationalityFinnish
SpouseJaakko Syrjä

Kirsi Marjatta Kunnas (14 December 1924 – 8 November 2021) was a Finnish poet, children's literature author and translator into Finnish.[2] Her oeuvre consists of poems, fairy tale books, drama, translations (e.g. Lewis Carroll, Federico García Lorca) and non-fiction. Her books have been translated into Swedish, English, German, French, Hungarian, Estonian and Polish. She received several awards in Finland for her life's work.

Personal life[edit]

Kunnas married author Jaakko Syrjä in 1957.[3] Their sons are singer/songwriter Martti Syrjä and guitarist Mikko Syrjä of Eppu Normaali.

Her parents were visual artists Väinö and Sylvi Kunnas. Her father died when she was four. Her mother married art critic Einari Vehmas.[3]

Kunnas died in her sleep at her home in Ylöjärvi on 8 November 2021, at the age of 96.[4] Her widower Jaakko Syrjä died six months later on 22 May 2022, also at the age of 96.[5]

Bibliography[edit]

Poetry[edit]

  • Villiomenapuu (1947)
  • Uivat saaret (1950)
  • Tuuli nousee (1953)
  • Vaeltanut (1956)
  • Valikoima runoja (1958)
  • Kuun kuva meissä (1980)
  • Kaunis hallayö (1984)
  • Valoa kaikki kätketty (1986)
  • Puut kantavat valoa, poems 1947–1986 and translated work (1999)

Children's poetry, nursery rhymes[edit]

  • Tiitiäisen satupuu (1956)
  • Puupuu ja käpypoika (1972)
  • Hassut aakkoset (1975)
  • Hanhiemon iloinen lipas (1978), the Finnish translation of Mother Goose
  • Kani Koipeliinin kuperkeikat (1979)
  • Sirkusjuttuja (1985)
  • Tiitiäisen pippurimylly (1991)
  • Tiitiäisen tuluskukkaro (2000)
  • Tiitiäisen runolelu (2002)
  • Tapahtui Tiitiäisen maassa (selection from books Tiitiäisen satupuu, Tiitiäisen tarinoita, Puupuu ja Käpypoika, Sirkusjuttuja, Kani Koipeliinin kuperkeikat, Tiitiäisen pippurimylly, Tiitiäisen tuluskukkaro, Puut kantavat valoa, Tiitiäisen runolelu) (2004)

Fairy tale books, primers[edit]

  • Tiitiäisen tarinoita (1957)
  • Aikamme aapinen / by Kirsi Kunnas and workgroup (1968)
  • Aikamme lukukirja: 2–5 / by Kirsi Kunnas and workgroup (1969–1972)

Picture books[edit]

  • Kuin kissat ja koirat (1967)
  • Kutut kotona (1967)
  • Pikku lemmikit (1967)
  • Terveisiä Afrikasta (1967)
  • Hau hau koiranpennut (1968)
  • Kis kis kissanpennut (1968)
  • Etelän eläimiä – Tiedätkö että. 1–6. Together with Kyllikki Röman (1969)
  • Lintuystävämme – Tietoa linnuista. 1–6. Together with Kyllikki Röman (1969)
  • Pohjolan eläimiä – Tarua ja totta. 1–6. Together with Kyllikki Röman (1969)

Notable translations into Finnish[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Lomas, Herbert (1990). Contemporary Finnish Poetry. Bloodaxe Books. p. 67. ISBN 1-85224-147-0.
  2. ^ "Kunnas, Kirsi (1924–2021)". Kansallisbiografia (in Finnish). Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  3. ^ a b Jääskeläinen, Kirsi (6 December 2020). "Kirsi Kunnas ponnisti köyhistä oloista sodan keskeltä suomalaisten suosikkikirjailijaksi – nyt 95-vuotias taiteilija julkaisi viimeisen kirjansa". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Taiteen akateemikko ja kirjailija Kirsi Kunnas on kuollut 96-vuotiaana" (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Kirjailija Jaakko Syrjä on kuollut" (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. 22 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.

External links[edit]

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