Tove Jansson
Subtitle: tee työtä ja rakasta
By: Tuula Karjalainen
Contributors: Jansson, Tove, artist, author
Publisher: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Tammi
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Helsinki
Language: fin
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9789513169633
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Women artists; Biography; Artists; Swedish Women authors; Swedish Authors; Moomins (Fictitious characters)
Description: Writer and artist Tove Jansson achieved worldwide fame as the creator of the Moomin stories, written between 1945 and 1970 and still in print in more than twenty languages. However, the Moomins were only a part of her prodigious output. She was already admired as a painter, cartoonist and illustrator, when she went go on to write a series of classic novels and short stories. Her mother tongue was Swedish and all of her books were written originally in Swedish.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.