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Everything's much too big here,' thought Moominmamma. 'Or perhaps I'm too small.

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Tove Jansson
Age: 86 †
Born: 1914
Born: August 9
Died: 2001
Died: June 27
Cartoonist
Illustrator
Novelist
Painter
Writer
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Tove Marika Jansson
Tove M. Jansson
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