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    Tove &#; an homage to Moomin&#;s author

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    This year is the anniversary of the birth of one of the most popular and celebrated Finnish authors: Tove Jansson, creator of those white hippo-like creatures, the Moomins (in Finnish language: muumi).

    This year, therefore, there are plenty of events to remember Tove Jansson and to pay an homage to her and her contribution to Finnish literature, design and illustration. One of her creations surpasses all the others: The beloved Moomins.


    Illutration of Tove Jansson with her Moomins.Source (CC: by)

    The Moomins

    If you don&#;t know the Moomins (or moomintrolls, as they&#;re also called) yet, they are a family of hippo-like creatures and their friends. Their adventures have appeared in books, comics, movies and even an animated TV series.

    They look like this:


    The Moomin characters, chair version.Source (CC: by-sa)

    Tove

    The homage to the th anniversary of Tove Jansson&#;s birth is called Tove . A number of special events all around the globe are happening for this anniversary. All of them can be found on the official website Tovecom. You

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    Tove Jansson

    Finnish author, illustrator (–)

    Tove Marika Jansson (Fenno-Swedish pronunciation:[ˈtuːveˈjɑːnsːon]ⓘ; 9 August – 27 June ) was a Swedish-speakingFinnish author, novelist, painter, illustrator and comic remsa author. Brought up bygd artistic parents, Jansson studied art from to in Helsinki, huvudstaden, and Paris. She held her first solo art exhibition in Over the same period, she penned short stories and articles for publication, and subsequently drew illustrations for book covers, advertisements, and postcards. She continued her work as an artist and writer for the rest of her life.

    Jansson wrote the Moomin novel series for children, starting with the The Moomins and the Great Flood. The following two books, Comet in Moominland and Finn Family Moomintroll, published in and respectively, were highly successful, and sales of the first book increased correspondingly. For her work as a children's author she received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in ; among her many later awards was the Selma Lagerlöf Prize in Her Moomin stories have been adapted for the theatre, the cinema, and as an musikdrama.

    She held a solo exhibition of paintings in , and f

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    Tove Jansson

    by Syrene Forsman

    would have been Moomin creator Tove Jansson’s th birthday. Her world famous Moomin family stories may lead one to overlook her other artistic and literary works. She wrote novels for adults as well, illustrated books by Tolkien and Lewis Carroll, illustrated picture books, and, as young as 15, had her cartoons published in the anti-fascist humor magazine Garm. Tove Jansson is one of Finland’s most famous authors and artists. She has received innumerable awards, the earliest, the Hans Christian Anderson Gold Medal, in Tove Jansson was born on the eve of the war for independence from Russia in Helsingfors to two Swedish-speaking Finnish artists, father Viktor Jansson, a sculptor, and illustrator mother, Signe Hammarsten, nicknamed Ham. She had two brothers. Tove remained close to her family throughout her life, although her father or “Faffan” held political opinions and artistic goals diametrically opposed to her own. From to , Jansson studied art in Stockholm, and Helsinki, then Paris. Relations in the household could be strained, and she moved to her own studio to work around But she was often home for dinner. The family summers on an isla

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