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Tove Marika Jansson (Finland ; 9 August 1914 – 27 June 2001) 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 and then 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 for the rest of her life, alongside her writing. Jansson is best known as the author of the ''Moomin'' books for children. The first such book, ''The Moomins and the Great Flood'', appeared in 1945, though it was the next two books, ''Comet in Moominland'' and ''Finn Family Moomintroll'', published in 1946 and 1948 respectively, that brought her fame. Starting with the semi-autobiographical ''Bildhuggarens dotter'' (''Sculptor's Daughter'') in 1968, she wrote six novels and five books of short stories for adults. == Biography == Tove Jansson was born in Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire. Her family, part of the Swedish-speaking (Swedish: ''finlandssvensk'') minority of Finland, was an artistic one: her father Viktor Jansson was a sculptor and her mother Signe Hammarsten-Jansson was a graphic designer and illustrator. Tove's siblings also became artists: Per Olov Jansson became a photographer and Lars Jansson an author and cartoonist. Whilst their home was in Helsinki, the family spent many of their summers in a rented cottage on an island near Porvoo, 50 km east of Helsinki.〔 Jansson studied at University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm in 1930–33, the Graphic School of the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts in 1933–1937 and finally at L'École d'Adrien Holy and L'École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1938. She displayed a number of artworks in exhibitions during the 30s and early 40s, and her first solo exhibition was held in 1943. Aged 14, she wrote and illustrated her first picture book "Sara och Pelle och näckens bläckfiskar" ("Sara and Pelle and the Water Sprite's Octopuses") although it was not published until 1933, and had drawings published in magazines in the 1920s.〔 During the 1930s she made several trips to other European countries, and wrote and illustrated short stories and articles which were also published in magazines, periodicals and daily papers. During this period, Jansson designed many book covers, adverts and postcards, and, following her mother, she drew illustrations for ''Garm'', an anti-fascist Finnish-Swedish satirical magazine.〔 Briefly engaged in the 1940s to Atos Wirtanen,〔 she later during her studies met her future partner Tuulikki Pietilä. The two women collaborated on many works and projects, including a model of the Moominhouse, in collaboration with Pentti Eistola. This is now exhibited at the Moomin museum in Tampere. Jansson wrote and illustrated her first Moomin book, ''The Moomins and the Great Flood'', in 1945, during World War II. She said later that the war had depressed her and she had wanted to write something naïve and innocent. This first book was hardly noticed, but the next Moomin books, ''Comet in Moominland'' (1946) and ''Finn Family Moomintroll'' (1948), made her famous. She went on to write six more Moomin books, a number of picture books and comic strips. Her fame spread quickly and she became Finland's most widely read author abroad.〔Schoolfield, George C. ''A history of Finland's literature'', p. 571. University of Nebraska Press, 1998. ISBN 978-0-8032-4189-3〕 For her "lasting contribution to children's literature" she received the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing in 1966. Jansson continued painting and writing for the rest of her life, although her contributions to the Moomin series became rare after 1970. Her first foray outside children's literature was ''Bildhuggarens dotter'' (''Sculptor's Daughter''), a semi-autobiographical book written in 1968. After that, she authored five more novels, including ''Sommarboken'' (''The Summer Book'') and five collections of short stories. Although she had a studio in Helsinki, she lived many summers on a small island called Klovharu, one of the Pellinki Islands near the town of Porvoo. Jansson's and Pietilä's travels and summers spent together on the Klovharu island in Pellinki have been captured on several hours of film, shot by Pietilä. Several documentaries have been made of this footage, the latest being ''Haru, yksinäinen saari'' (''Haru, the lonely island'') (1998) and ''Tove ja Tooti Euroopassa'' (''Tove and Tooti in Europe'') (2004). Jansson died on 27 June 2001.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Famous Deaths for Year 2001 (Part 2) )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tove Jansson: Life, Art, Words by Boel Westin – review )〕 She was 86 years old. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tove Jansson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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