Tove Jansson Family Moomintroll". In addition to the Moomin novels and short stories, Tove Jansson also wrote and illustrated four original and popular picture books: "The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My" (1952), "Who will Comfort Toffle?" (1960), "The Dangerous Journey" (1977) and "An Unwanted Guest" (1980). As the Moomins' fame grew, two of the original novels, "Comet in Moominland" and "The Exploits of Moominpappa", were revised by Jansson and republished. After "Moominvalley in November" Tove Jansson stopped writing about Moomins and started writing for adults. "The Summer Book" is the best known of her adult fiction translated into English. It
Finland poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg and Zachris Topelius. After Finland became independent, there was a rise of modernist writers, most famously the Finnish-speaking Mika Waltari and Swedish-speaking Edith Södergran. Frans Eemil Sillanpää was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1939. World War II prompted a return to more national interests in comparison to a more international line of thought, characterized by Väinö Linna. Besides Kalevala and Waltari, the Swedish-speaking Tove Jansson is the most translated Finnish writer. Popular modern writers include Arto Paasilinna, Ilkka Remes, Kari Hotakainen, Sofi Oksanen, and Jari Tervo, while the best novel is annually awarded the