- Name: Mika Waltari
- Born: 09/19/1908
- Died: 08/26/1979 (70 years old)
- Occupation: Author, translator, academician
Mika Toimi Waltari (
pronunciation(help·info)) (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, and wrote in addition to novels, poetry, short stories, crime novels, plays, essays, travel stories, film scripts, and rhymed texts for comic strips by Asmo Alho.
Birth Place: Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland
Death Place: Helsinki, Finland
Source: Wikipedia
