The Moomins' inventor extolled by His Dark Materials author for her 'effortless invention' and 'perfect' drawings
'Effortless invention' … Tove Jansson with two Moomins in her Helsinki studio in 1992. Photograph: Lehtikuva Oy/Rex
Tove Jansson, best known for dreaming up the eccentric, magical world of the Moomins, should have won the Nobel prize for literature, according to Philip Pullman.
The Finnish artist and writer, who died aged 86 in 2001, "responded to the world with a freshness and originality that have hardly ever been matched in the field of children's books", Pullman writes in the new issue of children's books magazine Books for Keeps. The His Dark Materials author believes Jansson "could convey all the excitement of wonder as well as the reassurance of comfort and familial love – and in her final Moomin books, such as Moominvalley in November, evoke a mood of apprehension, loss, and mystery." And she should, according to Pullman, "have had the Nobel prize".
Jansson may not have won literature's highest accolade, but her books have been translated into 35 languages and, 13 years after she died, continue to resonate with new generations of children. As well as her Moomin stories, she also wrote novels for adults. Pullman describes The Summer Book as "magical", and Jansson's memoir Sculptor's Daughter as "a marvel and a classic".
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The Finnish artist and writer, who died aged 86 in 2001, "responded to the world with a freshness and originality that have hardly ever been matched in the field of children's books", Pullman writes in the new issue of children's books magazine Books for Keeps. The His Dark Materials author believes Jansson "could convey all the excitement of wonder as well as the reassurance of comfort and familial love – and in her final Moomin books, such as Moominvalley in November, evoke a mood of apprehension, loss, and mystery." And she should, according to Pullman, "have had the Nobel prize".
Jansson may not have won literature's highest accolade, but her books have been translated into 35 languages and, 13 years after she died, continue to resonate with new generations of children. As well as her Moomin stories, she also wrote novels for adults. Pullman describes The Summer Book as "magical", and Jansson's memoir Sculptor's Daughter as "a marvel and a classic".
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