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But he thought all the strange words were beautiful, and he had never had a book of his own before.
Tove Jansson
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Tove Jansson
Age: 86 †
Born: 1914
Born: August 9
Died: 2001
Died: June 27
Cartoonist
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Helsingfors
Tove Marika Jansson
Tove M. Jansson
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