What is Kirsi Kunnas?
{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --> | name = Kirsi Kunnas | image= Kirsi Kunnas 2.jpg | caption = Kunnas in 2012 | birth_name = Kirsi Marjatta Kunnas | birth_date = {{Birth date |df=yes|1924|12|14}} | 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> | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2021|11|8|1924|12|14}} | death_place = [[Ylöjärvi]], Finland | nationality = Finnish | occupation = [[Poet]], [[translator]] | noorks = | influences = | website = | religion = }} '''Kirsi Marjatta Kunnas''' (14 December 1924 – 8 November 2021) was a Finnish [[poet]], [[children's literature]] author and [[translator]].<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 works included [[poem]]s, [[fairy tale]] books, [[drama]], [[translation]]s 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]]. 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> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kunnas, Kirsi}} [[Category:1924 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Finnish poets]] [[Category:Children's writers]] [[Category:Translators]] [[Category:Writers from Helsinki]] {{bio-stub}}