Tove Jansson
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Word Play: Going global...surreal but matter-of-fact tone, "The Squirrel's Birthday" is reminiscent of the Moomintroll stories, the Scandinavian classics by Tove Jansson. Jessica Ahlberg, daughter of the children's book team Janet and Allen Ahlberg, underscores the... In this article: Nicholas, Rene Goscinny, Jean-Jacques Sempe, Horrid Henry, Dromedary, Moomintroll, Asterix, and Anxiety |
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Independent.ie | 4 days ago
Bjork writes song for Moomins film
...in Finland and it is due out next summer. The hippopotamus-like creatures were invented by Finnish author and illustrator Tove Jansson and became a huge hit on children's TV in the UK in the 80s. A message on Bjork's website said: "Bjork...
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Independent.co.uk - Books | November 05, 2009
The True Deceiver, By Tove Jansson
...7.99 (224pp) (free p&p) from the Independent Bookshop: 08430 600 030 The True Deceiver, By Tove Jansson Finnish writer and artist, Tove Jansson, is best known in this country as the creator of the Moomin stories, but her novels for...
In this article: Moomin
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Independent.co.uk - Books | November 05, 2009
Howards End Is On The Landing, By Susan Hill
...century but with a good rump of Victorians and nothing, so far as I can see, in translation beyond the Bible and, delightfully, Tove Jansson's Moomin tales, this personal selection might keep you occupied for a year but might not stretch your...
In this article: Howards End, Edith Sitwell, Don Quixote, Literature, King's College, London, and Moomin
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Wikipedia | October 30, 2009
The Moomins (TV series)
It is, in contrast to the 1990s series, widely believed to be by far the most faithful TV adaptation of Tove Jansson's stories, and much closer to her vision. Tove herself had a great deal of involvement during the series' production and...
In this article: The Moomins, DVD, Anne Wood, UK, Moomintroll, Se-ma-for, Lars Jansson, CITV, and Richard Murdoch
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Wikipedia | October 09, 2009
Tove Jansson
...och den stora oversvamningen), the Immanuel-Kant-Moomin is still perceptible. The name "Moomin" comes from Tove Jansson's uncle, Einar Hammarsten: when she was studying in Stockholm and living with her Swedish relations, her uncle tried to...
In this article: Tove Marika Jansson, Moomins, Finn Family Moomintroll, Comet in Moominland, Moomintroll, Lars Jansson, The Exploits of Moominpappa, Moominpappa, and Moominmamma
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Reuters | October 06, 2009
RPT-FEATURE-Big in Japan, but could America love Moomin?
...books already are sold." The artistic head and chairman of Moomin Characters, she is the niece of Finnish author and illustrator Tove Jansson, whose creation, the Moomintrolls, soon turn 65. Moomins -- whose naive hero Moomintroll was the...
In this article: Moomin, The Moomins, Moomintroll, Winnie-the-Pooh, Disney, Japan, and Moominvalley
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Wikipedia | July 23, 2009
Signe Hammarsten-Jansson
...and 1962, Hammarsten-Jansson designed over 200 stamps. The couple had three children in total: Tove Jansson, Lars Jansson and Per Olof Jansson. Born to artistic parents, the children grew up in a Bohemian lifestyle, and all became artists...
In this article: Moomin, Per Olof Jansson, Lars Jansson, Paris, Stockholm University, Tuulikki Pietila, Bank of Finland, and Viktor Jansson
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PopMatters | July 20, 2009
Moomin Book Four by Tove Jansson (Review)
...pages, $19.95 Moomin Book Four is the latest installment in Drawn and Quarterly's collected edition of the comic strip which Tove Jansson created in the 1950s for the syndicate British Associated News. It offers readers a chance to visit a...
In this article: Moomin, Moominpappa, Moomintroll, Moomins, Moominvalley, Moominmamma, Moomin, Thought experiment, and Snufkin
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PopMatters | July 06, 2009
Moomin Book Four (Review)
...begs the question, "Was anything besides the medium intended for the thumb-sucking set? " Nowhere is this contrast more evident than in Tove Jansson's internationally popular comic Moomin. Having enjoyed almost fifty years of publishing and...
In this article: Moomin, Harry Potter, Shrek, Drawn and Quarterly, Thought experiment, Mymble, Snufkin, and Moomintroll
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The Complete Review | June 27, 2008
The Summer Book - Tove Jansson
...and loaded; the novel reads like looking through clear water and seeing, suddenly, the depth. As Philip Pullman so succinctly puts it, Tove Jansson was a genius." - Ali Smith, The Guardian "(I)t manages to make you feel good as well as...
In this article: Summer Book, The Guardian, and Los Angeles Times
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Description from Wikipedia:
Tove Marika Jansson (pronunciation; 9 August 1914 – 27 June 2001) was a Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. She was the author of, among other works, the Moomin books.
- Name At Birth:
- Tove Marika Jansson
- Birth Date:
- August 09, 1914
- Death Date:
- June 27, 2001
- Place of Death:
- Helsinki, Finland
- Nationality:
- Finnish
- Known for:
- The Moomins
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