The Moomins and the Great Flood: Tove Jansson

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Tove Jansson wrote and illustrated her first Moomin book, The Moomins and the Great Flood (1945), during World War II. She said later that the war had depressed her, and she had wanted to write something naive and innocent. Besides the Moomin novels and short stories, Tove Jansson also wrote and illustrated four original and highly popular picture books. it's just a wonderful, magical book in which all the moominroots can be seen and it is charming and sweet but also very dark, as all the best children's books are. The Moomin Boom has been criticized for commercializing the Moomins. Friends of Tove Jansson and many old Moomin enthusiasts have stressed that the newer animations banalize the original and philosophical Moomin world to harmless family entertainment. An antithesis for the Disneyland-like Moomin World theme park is the Moomin Museum of Tampere, which exhibits the original illustrations and hand-made Moomin models by Tove Jansson. The story has its interesting points, but what makes this book for me are Jansson's illustrations - very strange, phantasmagorical and other-worldly. Scandinavia House – The Nordic Center in America". Scandinavia House. Archived from the original on December 10, 2006 . Retrieved 2016-04-13. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link)

The book draws together the many threads of Tove Jansson’s life: from the studies interrupted to help her family, the bleak war years and her emergence as an artist with a studio of her own to the years of Moomin-mania and later novel writing. Wer die Mumins mag oder sie kennenlernen möchte, dem sei dieser kurze Band als Einstieg empfohlen (oder alternativ auch mein Favorit: “Eine drollige Gesellschaft”). If your kids have officially become dragon nerds, here’s a selection of monstrously good books for all ages – and all future Guardians of the Dragon Gem. To the surprise of many, even though the book is the very first published Moomin story and introduces the Moomins and how they find Moominvalley, it has always had a complex position within the array of the Moomin books. First, it went largely unnoticed by the larger audience, sold only 219 copies during its first year, and was translated into English as late as 2005. Also, the story has been referred to both as the grand “creation myth of moominology”, as well as a prelude to the eight official Moomin novels rather than “an official Moomin book” due to differences in style and content. Ich erinnere mich an die alten, etwas betulichen, Übersetzungen aus den 50’ern und 60’ern von Kurt und Vivica Bandler schon aus frühester Kindheit, als meine Eltern mir diese Ausgaben vorlasen.In Finn Family Moomintroll the discovery of the Hobgoblin’s hat leads to the most extraordinary magic and mayhem. Coupled with the arrival of Thingumy and Bob and their mysterious suitcase, the Moomins have never experienced anything quite like this before. Reading this book in the light of the suffering of the Finnish people in 1939 as they were caught up in the turmoil of their Winter War casts a different glow over what is essentially a classic adventure story. There are displaced persons (Moominpapa), divided families (the Moomintrolls), marching groups of soulless strangers (the Hattifatteners), and rewards for kindness rendered (the Stork, whose glasses were returned to him by Moomintroll).

The story of the Moomins has been made into television series on many occasions by various groups, possibly the most well known of which is a Japanese– Dutch collaboration, that has also produced a feature-length film. However, there are also two Soviet serials, puppet animation Mumi-troll ( Moomintroll) and cutout animation Shlyapa Volshebnika ( Magician's Hat) of three parts each, and the Polish– Austrian puppet animation TV series, The Moomins, which was broadcast and became popular in an edited form in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.In einer Zeit als dies noch wirklich gefährlich war, hatte Jansson eine Affäre mit einer Frau - mit der eingangs erwähnten Vivica Bandler, der sie in “ Eine drollige Gesellschaft” (gemeinsam mit sich selbst) in den Figuren Tofslan und Vifslan ein buchstäblich kleines Denkmal setzte. Selbst nach der Trennung verband beide eine lebenslange Freundschaft. Flood, Alison (16 October 2012). "Moomins' first adventure reaches UK". The Guardian. London: Guardian News and Media. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 24 December 2012.

As of January 2018, there are 15 themed Moomin Cafes around the world – Finland, Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand, South Korea and Taiwan [56] – allowing diners to immerse themselves in the Moomin world. Diners can enjoy Moomin-inspired meals sitting at tables with larger-than-life plush versions of Moomin characters. [57] Success in popular culture [ edit ] Finnair MD-11 decorated with Moomin characters serving the Japanese route Moominmamma in the Moomin-themed mug Moomins Garden in Holon, Israel In 2000, Moomin's Tale, developed and published by Sunsoft, was released for Game Boy Color. The game is based on the 1990 TV series, where Moomintroll is the game's protagonist. The player goes through six different stories throughout the duration of the game. [38] [39] [40] Although known first and foremost as an author, Tove Jansson considered her careers as author and painter to be of equal importance.The original songs by Jansson and Tauro remained scattered after their initial release. The first recording of the complete collection was made in 2003 by composer and arranger Mika Pohjola on the Moomin Voices CD ( Muminröster in Swedish), as a tribute to the late Tove Jansson. Tauro had died in June 1993 and some of Jansson's last lyrics were composed by Pohjola in cooperation with Jansson's heirs. Pohjola was also the arranger of all songs for a vocal ensemble and chamber orchestra. All voices were sung by Åland native vocalist, Johanna Grüssner. The same recording has been released in a Finnish version in 2005, Muumilauluja. The Finnish lyrics were translated by Kirsi Kunnas and Vexi Salmi. [29] The Moomins ( Swedish: mumintrollen) are the central characters in a series of novels, short stories, and a comic strip by Finnish writer and illustrator Tove Jansson, originally published in Swedish by Schildts [2] in Finland. They are a family of white, round fairy-tale characters with large snouts that make them resemble the hippopotamus. However, despite this resemblance, the Moomin family are trolls. The family live in their house in Moominvalley and have had many adventures with their various friends.

Moominvalley, 2019 Finnish and British-produced TV series, directed by Oscar-winner Steve Box. A crowdfunded campaign was made on April 19, 2017 to make a new "TV-series Moominvalley". Archived from the original on 2017-03-29. by Finnish company "Gutsy Animations". It successfully passed the campaign threshold. Sniff: A creature who lives in the Moomin house. He likes to take part in everything, but is afraid to do anything dangerous. Sniff appreciates all valuables and makes many plans to get rich, but does not succeed.the story itself is meandering and simple and dreamlike, but coupled with these amazing illustrations, it is hard not to love it like candy: With many of the most familiar characters not introduced until Comet in Moominland, this story has the note of a prelude, of Jansson still finding her story. Even the illustrations themselves show subtle differences, with the snouts of the Moomins being slightly narrower. There is also none of the typical humour or satire, but Jansson was in a very different place emotionally when she first sat down to create the Moomins. a b Bosworth, Mark (2014-03-13). "Tove Jansson: Love, war and the Moomins". BBC News. Archived from the original on 2017-04-13 . Retrieved 2017-02-28.