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Tove Jansson
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born
August 09, 1914
died
June 27, 2001
gender
female
place of birth
Helsinki, Finland
genre
Children's Books, Science Fiction & Fantasy
about this author
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.
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Finn Family Moomintroll by Tove Jansson avg rating 4.44 — 426 ratings — published 1948 22 editions |
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Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip - Book One by Tove Jansson avg rating 4.38 — 294 ratings — published 1989 3 editions |
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Moominland Midwinter (Moomin Books) by Tove Jansson avg rating 4.43 — 283 ratings — published 1957 23 editions |
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The Summer Book by Tove Jansson avg rating 4.13 — 293 ratings — published 1972 20 editions |
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Comet in Moominland by Tove Jansson avg rating 4.34 — 260 ratings — published 1941 21 editions |
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Moominvalley in November by Tove Jansson avg rating 4.32 — 254 ratings — published 1970 14 editions |
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Moominpappa at Sea by Tove Jansson avg rating 4.30 — 240 ratings — published 1965 13 editions |
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Moominsummer Madness by Tove Jansson avg rating 4.34 — 199 ratings — published 1954 16 editions |
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Tales from Moominvalley by Tove Jansson avg rating 4.20 — 204 ratings — published 1962 11 editions |
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Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip - Book Two by Tove Jansson avg rating 4.49 — 163 ratings — published 2007 |
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"It looks rather ordinary," said the Snork. "Unless you consider that a top hat is always somewhat extraordinary, of course."
— Tove Jansson (Finn Family Moomintroll)
— Tove Jansson (Finn Family Moomintroll)
"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 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: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip - Book One)
— Tove Jansson (Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip - Book One)
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