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Tove Marika Jansson ( Swedish pronunciation: [ˈtuːve ˈjɑːnsːon] ⓘ; 9 August 1914 – 27 June 2001) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish author, novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. Brought up by artistic parents, Jansson studied art from 1930 to 1938 in Helsinki, Stockholm, and Paris. She held her first solo art exhibition in 1943.
Nobody is left outside in Tove Jansson’s world. Through her unique touch, she captures a universal duality: darkness mixed with humour. Tove Jansson is an artist who changes the world, for those who are ready for it.
Mar 17, 2024 · Best known for the Moomins from her series of novels, comic strips, and short stories, Tove Jansson was an illustrator, painter, and writer. Born in the northern nature-surrounded city of Helsinki, she led a fascinating life full of creativity.
Tove Jansson is one of the most accomplished and honored Finnish artists of all times. An artist, writer, and designer, she is also the creator of Moomins.
Read Tove Jansson's biography and learn more about her childhood, family, art and career, always led by the motto "Work and Love".
The British author Philip Pullman has called Tove Jansson a writer of genius who should have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. In the 1960s, Tove Jansson turned her attention to writing for adults, beginning with Sculptor’s Daughter (1968).
Oct 4, 2023 · Europe was on the brink of World War II when Tove Jansson, the Scandinavian writer and artist, sat down to sketch her first “Moomin” story, about a snout-nosed troll living in a magical land...
Jun 23, 2024 · Tove Jansson was a Finnish artist and writer-illustrator of children’s books (in Swedish). In her books, she created the fantastic self-contained world of Moomintrolls, popular especially in northern and central Europe, although translations in more than 30 languages have provided a worldwide.
Dec 14, 2016 · Tove Jansson is known and loved around the world as the creator of the rotund children’s characters, the Moomins. However she always considered herself first and foremost a...
Nov 13, 2023 · Tove Jansson, the ‘radically free’ artist who created the Moomins comic strip and lived outside of social conventions. The Community – a Parisian art collective – analyzes all the layers of this...
