Tove Marika Jansson:
(Helsinki, 9 August 1914 – ibid., 27 June 2001).
Swedish-speaking Finnish author, painter and illustrator of children’s books and comic strips, among other things, and author of the series of books and comic strips about the Moomins. A large part of her work has been translated into Dutch since the 1970s by Cora Polet (pseudonym of C.W. Appel, 1930-2016). In 2007, the Belgian publisher Clavis relaunched the series in a new translation by Maaike Lahaise.
Along with Astrid Lindgren and Lennart Hellsing, Jansson is considered one of the so-called “giants” of Swedish-language children’s literature, who focused on the world and imagination of children.
One evening in August, you have an errand outdoors, and all of a sudden, it’s pitch-black. It is still summer, but the summer is no longer alive.
August is the border between summer and autumn. It is the most beautiful month I know.
