Tove Jansson

Tove Jansson

female, deceased (2001)
Finnishwomenwriter, Swedish-speaking Finn, cancer death, moomin, Winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Moomin series…Swedish-language writer, children's writer, Finnish, fantasy writer
Tove Marika Jansson was a Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. She is the author of, among other works, the Moomin books.

Elsa Rautee

female
Finnishwomenwriter, Women poet, Finnish, Spanish Civil War, poet
Elsa Rautee Elsa Elina Rautee, a Finnish poet of the labor movement who wrote the lyrics in the 1930's to song Brother Sister (Veli Sisko). The...