Tove Jansson

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Tove Jansson

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born
August 09, 1914 in Helsinki, Finland

died
June 27, 2001

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Tove Jansson was born and died in Helsinki, Finland. As a Finnish citizen whose mother tongue was Swedish, she was part of the Swedish-speaking Finns minority. Thus, all her books were originally written in Swedish.

Although known first and foremost as an author, Tove Jansson considered her careers as author and painter to be of equal importance.

Tove Jansson wrote and illustrated her first Moomin book, The Moomins and the Great Flood (1945, during World War II. She said later that the war had depressed her, and she had wanted to write something naïve and innocent. Besides the Moomin novels and short stories, Tove Jansson also wrote and illustrated four original and highly popular picture books.

Jansson's Moomin books, originally written in S...more


Average rating: 4.25 · 15,952 ratings · 1,419 reviews · 117 distinct works
Finn Family Moomintroll
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4.32 of 5 stars 4.32 avg rating — 1,808 ratings — published 1948 — 50 editions
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The Summer Book
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4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 1,497 ratings — published 1972 — 27 editions
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Comet In Moominland
4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 1,531 ratings — published 1946 — 40 editions
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Moominsummer Madness
4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 1,345 ratings — published 1954 — 34 editions
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Moominland Midwinter
4.37 of 5 stars 4.37 avg rating — 1,364 ratings — published 1957 — 39 editions
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Moominpappa at Sea
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4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 1,048 ratings — published 1965 — 31 editions
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Moomin Book One: The Comple...
4.39 of 5 stars 4.39 avg rating — 832 ratings — published 1989 — 6 editions
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Moominvalley in November
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4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 940 ratings — published 1970 — 26 editions
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Tales from Moominvalley
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4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 888 ratings — published 1962 — 30 editions
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The Moomins and the Great F...
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 686 ratings — published 1945 — 11 editions
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More books by Tove Jansson…
The Moomins and the Great F... Comet In Moominland Finn Family Moomintroll Moominpappa's Memoirs Moominsummer Madness Moominland Midwinter Tales from Moominvalley
The Moomins (9 books)
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4.269689967263624 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 10,386 ratings
Moomin: The Complete Tove J... Moomin: The Complete Tove J... Moomin Book Three: The Comp... Moomin Book Four: The Compl... Moomin Book Five: The Compl...
Moomins Comic Strip (23 books)
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4.418443804034582 of 5 stars 4.42 avg rating — 1,735 ratings
Who Will Comfort Toffle? The Book About Moomin, Mymb... Moomin And Little Dragon Moomin And Snufkin Moomin and the Birthday Button Moomin and the Magic Hat
Moomin Picture Books (24 books)
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4.317401960784314 of 5 stars 4.32 avg rating — 816 ratings
“One summer morning at sunrise a long time ago
I met a little girl with a book under her arm.
I asked her why she was out so early and
she answered that there were too many books and
far too little time. And there she was absolutely right.”
Tove Jansson

“I ONLY WANT TO LIVE IN PEACE AND PLANT POTATOES AND DREAM!”
Tove Jansson, Moomin Book One: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip

“You can't ever be really free if you admire somebody too much.”
Tove Jansson

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