Mika Waltari | |
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Born | Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland | 19 September 1908
Died | 26 August 1979 Helsinki, Finland | (aged 70)
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Literary movement | Tulenkantajat |
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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).[1] 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.[2]