About the book: 1992 / Tove Jansson is a world famous Finnish children's writer, writing in Swedish and illustrating her books. In 1966, she was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen International Gold Medal, the highest honor for a writer or artist who works for children. Since then, Jansson has received many international and national awards, including the highest “childish” award - the Order of the Smile. “The fictional world of my Moomins is a world that each of us probably longs for deep down in our souls,” writes Tove herself. Jansson.