Mika Waltari, Finnish author, translator, and academic (b. 1908)
Mika Toimi Waltari (pronounced [ˈmikɑ ˈʋɑltɑri] (listen); 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.