Mika Waltari

Mika Waltari was born in Helsinki on 19 September 1908; his father, a pastor, died when he was five, and his mother raised him with the help of an uncle. He began studies in theology, left them for philosophy, aesthetics and literature, obtained his master's degree in 1929 and had published his first book as early as 1925. A critic, journalist, screenwriter and playwright of immense output, he worked during the war at the State Information Bureau, created Inspector Palmu and sat in the Finnish Academy from 1957. He died in Helsinki on 26 August 1979.

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• NovelThe EgyptianSinuhe egyptiläinenMika Waltari · 1945Literature