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Mika Waltari
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born
September 19, 1908
died
August 08, 1979
gender
male
place of birth
Helsinki, Finland
genre
Historical Fiction
about this author
Mika Toimi Waltari(September 19, 1908 – August 26, 1979) was a Finnish historical novelist, best known for his magnum opus The Egyptian.
Waltari was born in Helsinki and lost his father, a Lutheran pastor, at the age of five. As a boy, he witnessed the Finnish Civil War in Helsinki. Later he enrolled in the University of Helsinki as a theology student, according to his mother's wishes, but soon abandoned theology in favour of philosophy, aesthetics and literature, graduating in 1929. While studying, he contributed to various magazines and wrote poetry and stories, getting his first book published in 1925. In 1927 he went to Paris where he wrote his first major novel Suuri illusioni ('The Grand Illusion'), a story of bohemian life. In...more
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سينوهه پزشک مخصوص فرعون by Mika Waltari, ذبیح الله منصوری \ zabih allah mansouri avg rating 3.57 — 1,016 ratings — published 1945 50 editions |
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The Etruscan by Mika Waltari avg rating 4.24 — 33 ratings — published 1956 8 editions |
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The Roman: The Memoirs of Minutus Launsus Manilianus, Who Has Won the Insignia of a Triumph, Who Has the Rank of Consul, Who Is Chairman by Mika Waltari avg rating 4.08 — 24 ratings — published 1964 10 editions |
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The Dark Angel by Mika Waltari avg rating 4.17 — 23 ratings — published 1989 |
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The Adventurer by Mika Waltari avg rating 4.20 — 20 ratings — published 1950 3 editions |
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سقوط قسطنطنیه by Mika Waltari avg rating 3.52 — 23 ratings — published 2007 |
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The Wanderer by Mika Waltari avg rating 4.38 — 16 ratings — published 1951 |
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The Secret of the Kingdom by Mika Waltari avg rating 4.00 — 12 ratings — published 2 5 editions |
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Sinouhé L'egyptien - Coffret En 2 Volumes by Mika Waltari avg rating 4.50 — 10 ratings — published 1998 |
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Turms, kuolematon by Mika Waltari avg rating 3.80 — 10 ratings — published 1955 |
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