Tove Jansson

Tove Jansson

Finnish children's writer and illustrator
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Tove Marika Jansson ( 9 August 1914 – 27 June 2001) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish author, novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. Brought up by artistic parents, Jansson studied art from 1930 to 1938 in Stockholm, Helsinki and Paris. Her first solo art exhibition was in 1943. At the same time, she was writing short stories and articles for publication, as well as creating the graphics for book covers and other purposes. She continued to work as an artist and a writer for the rest of her life.

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Tove Jansson was born on Sunday, 9 August 1914 in Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire. She was best known as a writer. Jansson's country of citizenship (nationality) was Swedish. She died on Wednesday, 27 June 2001 in Helsinki, Finland at the age of 86. She had blue eyes and light brown hair (color). Her zodiac star sign was Leo.

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Tove Jansson is known for her role in the film Comet in Moominland (2021) as based on a book by.

She is also known for her role in the film Tove (2020) as "Ja, må han (hon) leva Kometen är borta".

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