On her 112th birthday (9 August 1914), here’s a book I finished reading on the 25th anniversary of her death (27 June 2001). Tove Jansson was born on the same day as me, and I hope I make it to…
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Waiting for translation: Tove and the world’s children
Tagged with: books, Finnish, Moomins, Tammi, Tove Jansson, Translation, Tuula Karjalainen
Posted in Illustration, Tove Jansson Centenary, translation
Posted in Illustration, Tove Jansson Centenary, translation
The True Deceiver
To start Women in Translation Month this year, I return to one of my favourite authors, whose birthday is next week. Tove Jansson never fails to make you think. This is about a woman artist who cannot escape her own…
Tagged with: Finland, Finnish Swedish, The True Deceiver, Thomas Teal, Tove Jansson, Women in Translation Month
Posted in books, Tove Jansson Centenary, translation
Posted in books, Tove Jansson Centenary, translation
The painter who wrote: Tove Jansson’s letters
Tove Jansson was born 102 years ago today. Her letters were published in the original Swedish for her centenary, and you can read extracts in English translation by David McDuff at the Books from Finland archive. They are a treasure…
Tagged with: Books from Finland, David McDuff, Finnish, Jaana Nikula, Swedish, Tove Jansson, Translation
Posted in Illustration, literature, Tove Jansson Centenary, translation
Posted in Illustration, literature, Tove Jansson Centenary, translation
freedom is the best thing: Tove is 100!
Tove Jansson was born 100 years ago today. If you live in Finland, you won’t have missed the anniversary Moomin mugs (with donations to UNICEF), the large and splendid retrospective of her work at the Ateneum national art gallery, or the…
Tagged with: Ateneum, Finnish, ICA, Moomins, Tove Jansson, Tuula Karjalainen, Work and Love
Posted in books, Illustration, international, literature, Tove Jansson Centenary, translation
Posted in books, Illustration, international, literature, Tove Jansson Centenary, translation
found in translation 