Moomin book readers will learn about Moomins’ Creator, Tove Jansson, on the 80th anniverssary of their creation. Biographical introduction of Tove Jansson will be provided by Helena Halmari.

Tove Jansson, wrote the first Moomin book, in 1945, and, in honor of the 80th anniversary of the first Moomin book, this session will take a close look at both the books and the author.

Approaches to Tove Jansson’s Life and Her Work will involve four presentations:

Heikki Mäenpää: Music in Moomin Art and Stories of Tove Jansson

Marianne Wargelin: Jansson’s Moomins: A Window into Post-World-War-II Finland

Helena Halmari: Tove Jansson, the Author and the Artist

Amberyl Malkovich: ‘Where Are You Off To?’ ‘I Don’t Know’: Diasporic Identity in Tove Jansson’s Moomin Series