Tove Jansson

  • Known for: Writer
  • Date of birth: 1914. September 9.
  • Place of birth: Helsinki, Finland

Tove Marika Jansson was a Swedish-speaking Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. For her contribution as a children's writer she received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1966. Brought up by artistic parents, Jansson studied art from 1930 to 1938 in Stockholm, Helsinki a...

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