![]() ![]() In 2008, a commemorative €10 coin was issued in honor of the centennial of Waltari's birth, with his signature on one side and an Egyptian Pharaoh's watchdog on the other. The international success of The Egyptian made Waltari the world's preeminent Finnish writer. (While I haven't been able to verify this, it seems that Walford may have translated the Swedish translation to English.) It is the first and most successful novel of Waltaris historical novels. In 1945, Waltari published the first of his historical novels, Sinuhe, Egyptiläinen, which was released in English in 1949 as The Egyptian (or, in England, as Sinuhe the Egyptian), translated by Naomi Walford. Problem:It’s the wrong bookIt’s the wrong editionOther Details (if other): Cancel Thanks for telling us about the problem. A historical novel adapted to a Hollywood film in 1954. He married in 1931 and later served as a propagandist against the Axis in World War II. He became successful as a writer within Finland in 1928, mainly writing about the cultural and social changes going on at the time. He first novel ( jumalaa paossa) was published in 1925, a year before he graduated high school. Mika Waltari (1908-1979) was born in Helsinki, Finland, the son of a secondary school teacher. ![]()
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