While it cannot be denied that among the readers of Jansson's books there are many children, it is less clear that the author originally set out with the intention of writing especially or solely for them. Tove Jansson has sometimes been characterized as a children's writer and likened to the Swedish Astrid Lindgren (see, for example, W. Glyn Jones, in Essays in Memory of Michael Parkinson and Janine Dakyns edited by Christopher Smith and Mike Carr, 1996.* * * Glyn Jones 'Jansson: The Art of Travelling Light' by Marianne Bargum, in Books from Finland 21(3), 1987 'Equal to Life: Jansson's Moomintrolls' by Nancy Lyman Huse, in Webs and Wardrobes: Humanist and Religious World Views in Children's Literature, edited by Joseph O'Beirne Milner and Lucy Floyd Morcock Milner, 1987 'Tove Jansson's Moomin World: Fairytale or Surrealist Fantasy?' by W. Jansson: Pappan och Havet (in English), 1979, 'Jansson: Themes and Motifs,' in Proceedings of the Conference of Scandinavian Studies in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1983, and Jansson, 1984, all by W. 1984.Īnteckningar från en ö (with Tuulikki Pietilä). Våra berättelser fran havet (for children). 1968 as Sculptor's Daughter, 1969.ĭen farliga resan.

1965 as Moomin Pappa at Sea, 1966.īildhuggarens Dotter (autobiography). Vem Ska trösta knyttet? 1960 as Who Will Comfort Toffle?, 1960. Hur Gick det Sen? 1952 as Moomin Mymble and Little My, 1953.įarlig Midsommar. 1950 as The Exploits of Moominpappa, 1952. 1949 as Finn Family Moomintroll, 1950 as The Happy Moomins, 1951. Småtrollen och den stora översvämningen (stories for children). 1962 as Tales from Moominvalley, 1963.ĭockskåpet och andra berättelser. Publications Short Storiesĭet Osynliga Barnet och andra berättelser. Awards: Lagerlöf medal, 1942, 1972 Finnish Academy award, 1959 Andersen medal, 1966 Finnish state prize, 1971 Swedish Academy prize, 1972. Career: Writer and artist: creator of the Moomins in cartoon and book form cartoon strip Moomin appeared in Evening News, London, 1953-60 several individual shows.

Education: Studied at art schools in Stockholm, Helsinki, and Paris. Nationality: Finnish ( Swedish language).

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