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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.
'''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.


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]].
Kunnas is married to author [[Jaakko Syrjä]], having married 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]].


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" />
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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Kirsi Kunnas
Kirsi Kunnas in 2012.
Kirsi Kunnas in 2012.
BornKirsi Marjatta Kunnas
(1924-12-14) 14 December 1924 (age 99)
Helsinki, Finland[1]
OccupationPoet, translator
NationalityFinnish

Kirsi Marjatta Kunnas (born 14 December 1924 in Helsinki) is a Finnish poet, children's literature author and translator into Finnish.[2] Her extensive 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 has received several awards in Finland for her life's work.

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

Kunnas's parents were 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.[3]

Bibliography

Poetry

  • 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

  • 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

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

Picture books

  • 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

References

  1. ^ Lomas, Herbert (1990-12-31). Contemporary Finnish Poetry. Bloodaxe Books. p. 67. ISBN 978-1-85224-147-6.
  2. ^ "Kunnas, Kirsi (1924 -)". kansallisbiografia.fi (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.

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