About Sirkka Selja
Sirkka Selja, 97, Finnish poet.
Explore other notable deaths in 2017 or deaths in August 2017.
The Deaths Archive presents
How well do you know Sirkka Selja?
Explore their life. Test your knowledge. Beat the challenge.
10 questions · One legacy · How much do you really know?
Challenge your friends
Play together in real-time.
Advertisement
Full Biography
|Sirkka Selja (20 March 1920 – 17 August 2017) was a Finnish poet and writer. She was born in Hämeenkoski, Finland. Her real name was Sirkka-Liisa Tulonen.
Career
Her first book was published in 1942 titled Still I Live. In addition to poems, her production includes a play and two listening works. Selja was awarded with the State Literature Prize of Finland in 1958, the Pro Finlandia in 1970, the Aleksis Kivi Prize in 1987 and the P. Mustapää Prize in 2007. She died on 17 August 2017 in Hollola, Finland at the age of 97.
Works
- Vielä minä elän (1942)
- Vedenneito (1944)
- Taman lauluja (1945)
- Linnut (1948)
- Niin kuin ovi (1953)
- Enkelin pelto (1957)
- Juuret (1962)
- Vierailulla ketun talossa (1966)
- Runot (1970)
- Kissansilmät (1971)
- Talo nimeltä Villiruusu (1975)
- Pisaroita iholla (1978)
- Unitie (1985)
- Aurinko on tallella: valitut runot 1942–1985 (1988)
- Valokuvaaja: proosarunoja (1995)
- Puut herättävät muistini (2000)
- Mahdottomuuden ylistys (2005)
- Riikinkukon lapsi (2010)
Content from Wikipedia — licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Interactive
Test Your Knowledge – Trivia Challenge
How well do you know this person's life and legacy?
No account needed to play. Sign in to keep your score on the leaderboard.
Articles & News
Reported coverage of Sirkka Selja; each link opens the original article on the publisher's own site.
Books & Media
Find books, audiobooks and films about Sirkka Selja on Amazon.
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.
Sources
- Wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirkka_Selja
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Sep 26, 2026
- View article
- Sep 26, 2026
People who died on August 17
Spotted an error?
Help us keep the archive accurate. Report a correction with a source.
Report an error for Sirkka Selja →Advertisement