Lecture by Anastasia Martynova — art historian, researcher, author of six popular science books, and specialist in Scandinavian art

Lecture by Anastasia Martynova — art historian, researcher, author of six popular science books, and specialist in Scandinavian art
“Tove Jansson and Her Moomin Universe”

At the lecture you will learn:

• Why Tove was accused of plagiarism, why the Moomin anime was broadcast simultaneously on 25 TV channels, and when the Moomins finally drove their creator to exhaustion;
• Why in the story “Comet in Moominland” the “comet” is actually an allegory for the atomic bomb;
• Why Tove’s father is the prototype of Moominpappa, while her mother is nothing like Moominmamma;
• Why Tove Jansson bought a large island, why she banned printing Moomin characters on hygiene products, and where the real-life Moominhouse is located;
• And much more about the life and creative path of Tove Jansson.