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Tove Jansson
Writing
09 Sept 1914
† 27 Jun 2001
Helsinki, Finland
Biography
Tove Marika Jansson was a Swedish-speaking Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. For her contribution as a children's writer she received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1966. Brought up by artistic parents, Jansson studied art from 1930 to 1938 in Stockholm, Helsinki and then Paris. Her first solo art exhibition was in 1943. At the same time, she was writing short stories and articles for publication, as well as creating the graphics for book covers and other pu...
Also Known As
Tove Marika Jansson, Туве Марика Янссон, トーベ・ヤンソン, Туве Янссон
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Tove Jansson's Movies
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Haru, Island of the Solitary
01 Jan 1998
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Moomin and the Sea
26 Dec 1968
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Hur gick det sen?
06 Feb 1994
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Moominland Tales: The Life of Tove Jansson
26 Dec 2012
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Tove and the Sea
06 Dec 1984
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The Complete Amateur's Guide to Moomin
01 Mar 2020
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Travelling with Tove
01 Jan 1993
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Tove Jansson and the Moomins
13 Jan 2021
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Tove and Tooti in Europe
30 Nov 2004
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Who Will Comfort Toffle?
29 Jul 2023
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The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My
29 Jul 2023
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A Glimpse of Tove Jansson
01 Jan 1988
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There are so many things you cannot understand
25 Dec 1970