Tove jansson biography sample

As Westin’s meticulous research makes clear, Jansson’s artistic and literary works reflected what was most important to her: the love of family and nature and the desire to pursue her art.

Guided by her personal motto, “Love and work,” Jansson seized both with uncompromising joy.

Tove jansson biography sample

And while her romantic relationships with men proved unfulfilling, she found those with women–especially with her longtime partner, the artist Tuulikki Pietilä – both grounding and inspiring.

The author Boel Westin is emeritus professor of literature and wrote the first doctoral thesis on Tove Jansson’s Moomin world, Familjen i dalen (1988).

She has published several biographical works about Tove Jansson and was a personal friend of both Tove Jansson and Tuulikki Pietilä. Westin has also together with Helen Svensson edited the collection Letters from Tove  (2014, Schildts & Söderströms) as well as written the texts about the people close to Tove Jansson in the Pe