Sirkka Turkka (2 February 1939 – 23 October 2021) was a Finnish poet and recipient of the

Finlandia Prize The Finlandia Prize ( fi, Finlandia-palkinto; sv, Finlandiaprisen) is a set of Finnish literary prizes awarded by the Finnish Book Foundation to "celebrate reading and highlight new Finnish first-rate literature." Considered the most prestigious ...

in 1987 and the

Eino Leino Prize The Eino Leino Prize is an annual prize award to top writers in Finland since 1956, with particular emphasis on poets. It is named after Eino Leino, a pioneer of Finnish poetry. Recipients *1956 Viljo Kajava *1957 Helvi Juvonen *1958 Rabbe Enc ...

in 2000.

Works

*''Huone avaruudessa'' (1973) *''Valaan vatsassa'' (1975) *''Minä se olen'' (1976) *''Yö aukeaa kuin vilja'' (1978) *''Mies joka rakasti vaimoaan liikaa'' (1979) *''Kaunis hallitsija'' (1981) *''Vaikka on kesä'' (1983) *''Teokset 1973–1983'' (1985) *''Tule takaisin, pikku Sheba'' (1986), translated into English by Seija Paddon: ''Not You, Not the Rain'' (1991) *''Voiman ääni'' (1989), translated into English by Seija Paddon: ''The Sound of Strength'' (2000) *''Sielun veli'' (1993) *''Nousevan auringon talo'' (1997) *''Tulin tumman metsän läpi'' (1999) *''Niin kovaa se tuuli löi'' (2004) *''Runot 1973–2004'' (2005)

References

Finnish women poets Recipients of the Eino Leino Prize 1939 births 2021 deaths Writers from Helsinki Finlandia Prize winners International Writing Program alumni 20th-century Finnish poets 20th-century Finnish women writers 21st-century Finnish poets 21st-century Finnish women writers {{Finland-writer-stub