Sirkka Turkka

{{Short description|Finnish poet and author (1939–2021)}}

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| image = Sirkka turkka.jpg

| caption = Turkka at the Turku International Book Fair in 2008

| birth_date = 2 February 1939

| death_date = {{dda|23 October 2021|2 February 1939|df=y}}

| occupation = Poet

| awards = Finlandia Prize (1987), Eino Leino Prize (2000)

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Sirkka Turkka (2 February 1939 – 23 October 2021){{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}} was a Finnish poet and recipient of the Finlandia Prize in 1987 and the Eino Leino Prize in 2000.

[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=30 January 2010 }}{{cite web|last1=van der Hoeven|first1=Adriaan|title=Sirkka Turkka|url=http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/461/11622/Sirkka-Turkka|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151202073818/http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/461/11622/Sirkka-Turkka|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2 December 2015|website=Poetry International Rotterdam|access-date=9 March 2016}}