Tove Jansson
Finnish children's writer and illustrator (1914–2001)
Tove Marika Jansson (9 August 1914 – 27 June 2001) was a Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author.

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Quotes
edit- I'll have to calm down a bit. Or else I'll burst with happiness.
- "Moominsummer Madness" (The Moomins, #5)
- Maybe my passion is nothing special, but at least it's mine.
- "An Eightieth Birthday, Travelling Light"
- A person can find anything if he takes the time, that is, if he can afford to look. And while he’s looking, he’s free, and he finds things he never expected.
- Sommarboken (A Summer Book) (1972).
- I only want to live in peace, plant potatoes and dream!
- "Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip, Vol. 1" (1977).
- Those damn Moomins. I don't want to hear about them any more. I could vomit on the Moomintrolls.
- quoted in BBC "Tove Jansson: Love, war and the Moomins."[1]
External links
edit- Encyclopedic article on Tove Jansson on Wikipedia
- Media related to Tove Jansson on Wikimedia Commons
- ↑ Tove Jansson: Love, war and the Moomins (13 March 2014).