Cats – Catalogue

1. She was born in Helsinki into an artistic family on August 9, 1914.

On Tove Jansson's birthday, here are (arguably) the 10 best Moomins quotes ever: http://t.co/Tw8btjv4il pic.twitter.com/rSJVqKoj0D
— Guardian Books (@GuardianBooks) August 9, 2015

2. She spent almost 30 summers on the tiny island of Klovharu in Finland’s Pellinki archipelago with her partner, graphic artist and professor Tuulikki Pietilä.

MT @sami1laine: The summer cottage of Tove Jansson; the creator of the #Moomin, is in a rocky lonely island pic.twitter.com/IuYEFBycdC
— thisisFINLAND (@thisisFINLAND) July 16, 2015

**3. In addition to the Moomin books, she wrote novels and short stories for adults, including The Summer Book, which is widely acclaimed as a literary masterpiece.**

Is there a better way of spending a holiday than reading a book? The Summer Book by Tove Jansson is the perfect choice! #StoriesFromFinland pic.twitter.com/ybdtl0Jule
— Finnish Institute in the UK & Ireland (@FinInst_UK_IRL) July 14, 2017

4. Like most of us, she struggled with writer’s block.

“And what do I fear above all? To be a sore loser, to be second best. But this is not something one writes about,” writes Tove Jansson in a 1997 essay translated into English for the first time. https://t.co/oN4u28mR2D
— The Paris Review (@parisreview) February 14, 2019

5. She was a cat person.

Tove Jansson hanging out with her black cat pic.twitter.com/v2Bpy6GCeZ
— DauntBooksPublishing (@DauntBooksPub) November 9, 2017

6. She lived and worked in her beautiful Helsinki studio from 1944 until she passed away in 2001 at the age of 86.

Thank you @MoominvalleyTV and @MoominOfficial for letting me tag along https://t.co/XXsH3PsWMV
— jennifer saunders (@ferrifrump) January 28, 2019

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Six things to know about Moomin creator Tove Jansson

1. She was born in Helsinki into an artistic family on August 9, 1914.

2. She spent almost 30 summers on the tiny island of Klovharu in Finland’s Pellinki archipelago with her partner, graphic artist and professor Tuulikki Pietilä.

**3. In addition to the Moomin books, she wrote novels and short stories for adults, including The Summer Book, which is widely acclaimed as a literary masterpiece.**

4. Like most of us, she struggled with writer’s block.

5. She was a cat person.

6. She lived and worked in her beautiful Helsinki studio from 1944 until she passed away in 2001 at the age of 86.