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ContentsContents► Life and a familyLife and a family

► Painter & illustratorPainter & illustrator

► WriterWriter

► Moomin booksMoomin books

► The main heroThe main hero

► Moomin MuseumMoomin Museum

► AwardsAwards

► ReferencesReferences

Tove Marika Jansson Tove Marika Jansson (1(1914914--20012001) ) Life & familyLife & family

WasWas born and died in Helsinki, born and died in Helsinki, FinlandFinland

FamilyFamily► father - father - Viktor Jansson Viktor Jansson (sculptor) (sculptor)► mother-mother- Signe Hammarsten- Signe Hammarsten-

JanssonJansson (illustrator) (illustrator)► brothers brothers

Per OloPer Olovv Jansson Jansson (photographer)(photographer) Lars JanssonLars Jansson ( autor & comic strip ( autor & comic strip

artist)artist)

Swedish-speaking Finns minoritySwedish-speaking Finns minority

T.Jannson

Painter & illustratorPainter & illustrator► Stockholm Art School Stockholm Art School ((1930 1930

– 1933– 1933))

► Graphic School of the Graphic School of the Finnish Art Academy Finnish Art Academy ((1933 – 1933 – 19371937))

► careers careers ofof author and painter author and painter areare of equal importance of equal importance

► Style – Style – from the classical from the classical impressionism to the highly impressionism to the highly abstract modernisabstract modernismm

The Exploits of Moominpappa (1950)© Moomin Characters, Tove Jansson

► illustrator and cartoonist illustrator and cartoonist for the Finland-Swedish for the Finland-Swedish satirical magazine satirical magazine GarmGarm ((1930s 1930s --19531953))

► illustrated Swedish illustrated Swedish translations of other translations of other classicsclassics J.R.R. Tolkien's J.R.R. Tolkien's The HobbitThe Hobbit Lewis Carroll's Lewis Carroll's Alice's Alice's

Adventures in WonderlandAdventures in Wonderland

► Illustrated her own worksIllustrated her own works

Moominland Midwinter (1957)© Moomin Characters, Tove Jansson

Painter & illustratorPainter & illustrator

WriterWriter

► Moomin books

► Other books in Swedish

► Some books translated in Some books translated in EnglishEnglish The Summer BookThe Summer Book (1972 (1972)) Sun CitySun City ((19741974))

► tthe first book was written he first book was written during Finland's during Finland's WinterWinter War of 1939-1940War of 1939-1940

► international success in international success in 19541954

► originally written in originally written in SwedishSwedish

► translated into 35 translated into 35 languageslanguages

© Moomin Characters and T.Jannson, Tove Jansson

The Moomin booksThe Moomin books

The main heroThe main hero

► MoomintrollMoomintroll

► From Tove’s political From Tove’s political

cartoonscartoons As a signature As a signature

character near the character near the artist’s nameartist’s name

► The name of the The name of the creature was invented creature was invented by Tove’s uncleby Tove’s uncle

The Moomin booksThe Moomin books► The Moomins and the Great FloodThe Moomins and the Great Flood (1945)(1945)► Comet in MoominlandComet in Moominland (1946) (1946) ► Finn Family MoomintrollFinn Family Moomintroll (1948) (1948) ► Moominland MidwinterMoominland Midwinter (1957) (1957) ► The Exploits of MoominpappaThe Exploits of Moominpappa (1950) (1950) ► Moominsummer MadnessMoominsummer Madness (1955) (1955) ► Tales from MoominvalleyTales from Moominvalley (1962) (1962) ► Moominpappa at SeaMoominpappa at Sea (1965) (1965) ► Moominvalley in NovemberMoominvalley in November (1970) (1970)

AwardsAwards

► H.C. Andersen Medal 1966H.C. Andersen Medal 1966

► Swedish Academy prize 1972Swedish Academy prize 1972

► the Order of the Smile Polish the Order of the Smile Polish children's award in 1975 children's award in 1975

► Topelius Prize 1978Topelius Prize 1978

► Finnish state prize for literature Finnish state prize for literature 1963, 1971, 19821963, 1971, 1982

► Helsinki Prize 1980Helsinki Prize 1980 etc. etc.

Moomin museumMoomin museum

Tampere, FinlandTampere, Finland

Moomin CollectionMoomin Collection

► original illustrationsoriginal illustrations

► 40 miniatures40 miniatures

► a small Moomin Housea small Moomin House

► Moomin Valley multimediaMoomin Valley multimedia

► the Moomin Valley shopthe Moomin Valley shop

ReferencesReferences

►www.www.virtual.finland.fi virtual.finland.fi ►www.io.com www.io.com ►www.librarything.com www.librarything.com ►www.teatry.art.pl www.teatry.art.pl ►www.tampere.fiwww.tampere.fi

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