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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.
'''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.


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
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]].
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]].


Kunnas's 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" />
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, aged 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>
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>


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==

Revision as of 19:34, 9 November 2021

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

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

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]

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). 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.

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