Mika Waltari

Mika Waltari
Waltari in 1934
Born
Mika Toimi Waltari

(1908-09-19)19 September 1908
Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland
Died26 August 1979(1979-08-26) (aged 70)
Helsinki, Finland
Occupation
  • Author
  • translator
  • academician
Literary movementTulenkantajat
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Mika Toimi Waltari (pronounced [ˈmikɑ ˈʋɑltɑri] ⓘ; 19 September 1908 – 26 August 1979) was a Finnish writer, best known for his best-selling novel The Egyptian (Finnish: Sinuhe egyptiläinen). He was extremely productive. Besides his novels he also wrote poetry, short stories, crime novels, plays, essays, travel stories, film scripts, and rhymed texts for comic strips by Asmo Alho.

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