Title: Tove Jansson
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.
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation, Women artists, Biography, Artists, Swedish Women authors, Swedish Authors, Moomins (Fictitious characters)
Places: Finland
People: Tove Jansson
Time periods: 20th century