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Oili Tanninen (née Nikitin, 22 July 1933, Sortavala – 19 April 2024, Helsinki) was a Finnish children's author, graphic artist, animator, and illustrator. She remains one of Finland’s most cherished author-illustrators, with books both best-selling and critically acclaimed.[1][2][3][4]
Life
[edit]Her first children’s book, Miiru menee kalaan (Miiru Goes Fishing), appeared in 1961. Over the following decades Tanninen wrote and illustrated more than twenty children’s books.[5]
In the 1960s and 70s, she became a household name alongside Tove Jansson, creator of the Moomins. Like Jansson, Tanninen received the Hans Christian Andersen Certificate of Honour three times. Tanninen also created several television animations over her career, including the popular Nunnu series.
Tanninen introduced a strikingly different visual language to Finnish children’s literature: minimalist, graphic, and playfully modern. If Jansson’s Kuinkas sitten kävikään (The Book About Moomin, Mymble and Little My) and Kuka lohduttaisi Nyytiä? (Who Will Comfort Toffle?) signaled the breakthrough of modern expression in Finnish picture books, Tanninen pushed this modernism even further. Her bold pantone color palettes, artful origami paper cutouts, and humorous ink drawings established a fresh idiom for the Finnish picture book.
Tanninen quickly rose to global renown: her 1967 classic Hippu became so popular in Japan in the 1970s that Tanninen was asked to write four Japanese sequels for the book, published in Japan by publisher Kodansha.[6]
Tanninen’s works have since also been translated to English, French, Italian, Korean, German, Estonian, Croatian, and Swedish.[7][8][9] [10]
Oili Tanninen died in Helsinki in 2024.[11]Her works are now managed by the Oili Tanninen Estate.[12]
Works
[edit]Miiru menee kalaan, 1961, Otava
Samovaari: Elämää Moskovassa, 1963, Otava
Nappi ja Neppari, 1964, Otava
Nunnu, 1965, Otava
Nunnu lentää, 1966, Otava
Nunnu putoaa, 1969, Otava
Hippu, 1967, Otava
Robotti Romulus, 1968, Otava
Papu ja Polla(Bobble and Pom Pom), 1970, Otava
Hissu ja kaverit, 1975, Otava
Hissu yksin kotona, 1975, Otava
Milli, 1976, Otava
Heppu ja oma koti, 1976 Kodansha
Miiru ja ilmapallo, 1976 Kodansha
Hippu ja lumileikit, 1976 Kodansha
Pommo ja lintu, 1976 Kodansha
Vahva suomalainen Auringonnouseman maassa, 1977, Otava
Täplä ja Piste, 1979, Otava
Pörisevä, 1983, Otava
Musti sirkuskoira, 1984, Otava
Pallo hukassa (Lost Ball), 1985, Otava
Mini metsätonttu, 1987, Otava
Mini metsätontun tähtihetki, 1988, Otava
Kummamumma, 1991, Otava
Awards
[edit]Kieku Award for lifetime achievement in illustration, 2011
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Finland State Literature Award, 1970
Anni Swan Medal, 1970
Hans Christian Andersen Certificate of Honor, 1968
Rudolf Koivu Award, 1967
Topelius Finnish Literature Award, 1966
Hans Christian Andersen Certificate of Honor, 1966
Hans Christian Andersen Certificate of Honor, 1964
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- ^ Tanninen, Oili. "Thames and Hudson Author Page". Thames and Hudson.
- ^ Tanninen, Oili. "Penguin Author Bio". Pengiun.
- ^ Tanninen, Oili. "Hatchet Contributor Bio".
- ^ Tanninen, Oili. "Miiru Goes Fishing".
- ^ Tanninen, Oili. "Kodansha".
- ^ Tanninen, Oili. "Tate".
- ^ Tanninen, Oili. "Thames and Hudson".
- ^ Tanninen, Oili. "Hachette".
- ^ Tanninen, Oili. "wiki".
- ^ Tanninen, Oili. "Obit".
- ^ https://oilitanninen.com/
- ^ Tanninen, Oili. "Lifetime".