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

Lecture by art historian, writer of six popular-science books, and specialist in Scandinavian art Anastasia Martynova
“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 became too much even for their creator;
• Why in the story “Comet in Moominland” it’s not a comet at all, but an atomic bomb;
• Why Tove’s father is the exact prototype of Moominpappa, while her mother is nothing like Moominmamma;
• Why Tove Jansson bought a large island, why she forbade printing Moomin characters on hygiene products, and where the real Moomin House is located.