What language did the author of the Moomin series speak even though she was Finnish?
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The Exploits of Moominpappa The Exploits of Moominpappa, first published in 1950 and then considerably revised in 1968 under the title Moominpappa's Memoirs, is the fourth book in the Moomin series by Tove Jansson. The story found in this book is mentioned in the previous Moomin books, as Moominpappa writes his memoirs in those stories. Unlike "Comet in Moominland" and "Finn Family Moomintroll", both versions of the novel were translated into English. "Exploits of Moominpappa" forms the basis of episodes 59, 63 and 68 in the 1990 TV series.
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Tove Jansson Tove Marika Jansson (] ; 9 August 1914 – 27 June 2001) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. Brought up by artistic parents, Jansson studied art from 1930 to 1938 in Stockholm, Helsinki and then Paris. Her first solo art exhibition was in 1943. At the same time, she was writing short stories and articles for publication, as well as creating the graphics for book covers and other purposes. She continued to work as an artist for the rest of her life, alongside her writing.
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Anna Edelheim Anna Christina Charlotta Edelheim (3 January 1845, Helsinki-25 May 1902, Helsinki), was a Finnish journalist. She is considered to be the first female journalist in Finland.
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Meri Utrio Meri Marjatta Utrio (née Vitikainen; 1918–2004) was a Finnish editor and translator to Finnish. She was married with Urho Untamo Utrio, who was the chief executive officer of the publishing company Tammi and has three children with him: Kaari (1942—) Pirkka (1943—) and Martti (1945—). The first above, Kaari Utrio has written over forty historical novels as well as often non-fictional books which deal with position of women and children in the history of Europe.
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Christine Aventin Christine Aventin (born 4 August 1971) is a French-language Belgian writer. When she was just 15, she published "Le Cœur en poche", which sold over 100,000 copies.
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Kira Poutanen Kira Poutanen (born 1974) is a Finnish Nobel listed writer, translator and actress. She holds a Master of Philosophy and is currently living in France.
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Mary Saran Maria Martha Saran (13 July 1897 – 16 February 1976), known as Mary Saran, was a journalist and author. In 1933 she emigrated from her native Germany to England, where she took British nationality and where she lived for the rest of her life.
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Arvo Tuominen Arvo “Poika” Tuominen (5 September 1894 – 27 May 1981) was a Finnish communist revolutionary and later a social democratic journalist, politician and author. Tuominen was given his nickname Poika in 1920 because of his boyish looks—"poika" means "boy" in Finnish.
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Eva Dahlbeck Eva Elisabet Dahlbeck (8 March 1920 – 8 February 2008) was a Swedish actress and author.
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Arto Paasilinna Arto Tapio Paasilinna (born 20 April 1942 in Kittilä) is a Finnish writer, being a former journalist turned comic novelist. One of the most successful novelists of Finland, he has won a broad readership outside of Finland in a way few other Finnish authors have before. Translated into 27 languages, over seven million copies of his books have been sold worldwide, and he has been claimed as "instrumental in generating the current level of interest in books from Finland".
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Who Will Comfort Toffle? Who Will Comfort Toffle? is the second picture book in the Moomin series by Tove Jansson. It was first published in 1960. It was first translated into English by Kingsley Hart.
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Erno Paasilinna Erno Paasilinna (14 March 1935 in Petsamo – 30 September 2000 in Tampere) was a Finnish writer and journalist. He received several literary prizes, the most notable being the Finlandia Prize in 1984 for his collection of essays "Yksinäisyys ja uhma" ("Loneliness and Defiance"). His works have been translated into Estonian, Hungarian, Swedish, Norwegian and Russian.
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Yrjö Karilas Yrjö Antero Karilas (3 January 1891 – 7 June 1982) was a Finnish writer. He is most known for his "Pikkujättiläinen" book series.
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Sofi Oksanen Sofi Oksanen (born January 7, 1977) is a Finnish writer and a playwright. Oksanen has published five novels, of which "Purge" has gained widest recognition. She has received several international and domestic awards for her literary work. Her work has been translated into 50 language territories and sold altogether more than two millions.
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Elissa Aalto Elissa Aalto (22 November 1922, Kemi – 12 April 1994, Helsinki; born Elsa Kaisa Mäkiniemi) was a Finnish architect and author.
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Marko Kitti Marko Kitti (born 11 July 1970 in Turku, Finland) is a Finnish author. He has published four works of fiction in the Finnish language for adult readers and a novel for Young Adult readers. He is also the author and illustrator of the Jesper Jinx books, the middle-grade chapter book series written in the English language. He was a candidate for the 2009 Runeberg prize.
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Netta Muskett Netta Muskett (born 1887 in Sevenoaks, Kent, England – d. 29 May 1963 in Putney) was a British writer of more than 60 romance novels from 1927 to 1963, she also wrote under the pseudonym Anne Hill. Her novels are translated to several languages, including: Spanish, French, Portuguese, Finnish, Swedish and Danish.
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Leena Krohn Leena Krohn (born February 28, 1947 in Helsinki) is a Finnish author. Her large and varied body of work includes novels, short stories, children's books, and essays. In her books she deals with topics that include man's relationship with himself and the world, morality, borders between reality and illusion, and the problem of life, especially through observing different kinds of artificial intelligence.
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Viktor Jansson Viktor Bernhard "Faffan" Jansson (1886 in Helsinki – 1958 in Helsinki) was a Finnish sculptor belonging to the Swedish-speaking minority of Finland. He married the illustrator Signe Hammarsten-Jansson and they had three children: the writer Tove Jansson, photographer Per Olov Jansson, and Lars Jansson, an author and comic strip artist.
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Anni Swan Anni Emilia Swan (married name Anni Manninen; 4 January 1875 in Helsinki – 24 March 1958 in Helsinki) was a Finnish writer. Swan wrote many books for children and young adults, was a journalist for children's magazines and worked as a translator. She is considered the creator of Finnish literature for girls.
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Panu Petteri Höglund Panu Petteri Höglund (born 17 November 1966 in Kalvola) is a Finnish linguist, translator and fiction writer. Despite his Finnish background, his chief literary medium is the Irish language, in which he has published a number of novels and short stories.
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Elvira Willman Agnes Elvira Maria Willman (10 August 1875 – 17 April 1925) was a Finnish playwright, journalist and a revolutionary socialist who was one of the most prominent women of the early Finnish labour movement. Willman is also considered as the first female working-class writer in Finland, although she came from a bourgeois background. After the 1918 Finnish Civil War Willman and her husband Voitto Eloranta fled to the Soviet Russia. They were later accused of being involved with the Kuusinen Club Incident, a murder of eight Finnish communists. Eloranta was executed in 1922 and Willman 1925.