Kirsi Kunnas
1924
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2021
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Finland
languages spoken, written or signed: Finnish
educated at: Viikki Teacher Training School, Academy of Fine Arts of Helsinki, University of Helsinki
occupation: writer, poet, children's writer, translator
award received: Kalevi Jäntti Award, Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland, Finnish State Prize for Literature, Arvin Lydecken Prize, Tampere Literary Prize, Topelius Prize, Tirlittan Prize, Finnish State Prize for Children's Culture, Väinö Linna Award, Aleksis Kivi Award, Eino Leino Prize
position held: chairperson
Kirsi Marjatta Kunnas (14 December 1924 – 8 November 2021) was a Finnish poet, children's literature author and translator into Finnish. 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. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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