What is Sirkka Turkka?
[[File:Sirkka turkka.jpg|right|200px]] '''Sirkka Turkka''' (2 February 1939 &ndash; 23 October 2021) was a [[Finland|Finnish]] poet. She won the [[Finlandia Prize]] in 1987 and the [[Eino Leino Prize]] in 2000.<ref> [http://www.kustantajat.fi/kirjasaatio/palkinnot/einoleino/ Kustantajat.fi] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130161420/http://www.kustantajat.fi/kirjasaatio/palkinnot/einoleino/ |date=2010-01-30 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=van der Hoeven|first1=Adriaan|title=Sirkka Turkka|url=http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/461/11622/Sirkka-Turkka|website=Poetry International Rotterdam|publisher=Poetry International Rotterdam|access-date=9 March 2016|archive-date=5 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405232043/http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/461/11622/Sirkka-Turkka|url-status=dead}}</ref> Turkka died on 23 October 2021 at the age of 82.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Koivuranta |first1=Riitta |title=Finlandia-palkittu runoilija Sirkka Turkka on kuollut |url=https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000008354769.html |publisher=Helsingin Sanomat |access-date=23 October 2021 |language=fi |date=23 October 2021}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Turkka, Sirkka}} [[Category:Finnish poets]] [[Category:1939 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] {{bio-stub}} {{authority control}}