Author
Mika Waltari
September 19, 1908 – August 26, 1979 · Finland
Writer, Translator, Journalist, Novelist, Screenwriter, Poet, Playwright
Titles on list
6
Total weeks
125
Peak rank
#1
Weeks at #1
16
Hit #1Dot size = weeks on list
Biography
- Born
- September 19, 1908 · Helsinki
- Died
- August 26, 1979 · Helsinki
- Nationality
- Finland
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- Finnish, Swedish
- Education
- University of Helsinki, Helsinki Normal Lyceum
Awards & Honours
- 1947Aleksis Kivi Award
- 1952Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland
- 1952Jussi Award for Best Script
- 1960Commander First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland
- doctor honoris causa of the University of Turku
On the Bestseller Lists
6 titles
THE SECRET OF THE KINGDOM
Mika Waltari
THE SECRET OF THE KINGDOM
#15 · 2 wks
THE ETRUSCAN
Mika Waltari
THE ETRUSCAN
#7 · 10 wks
THE DARK ANGEL
Mika Waltari
THE DARK ANGEL
#3 · 17 wks
THE WANDERER
Mika Waltari
THE WANDERER
#7 · 15 wks
THE ADVENTURER
Mika Waltari
THE ADVENTURER
#3 · 22 wks
THE EGYPTIAN
Mika Waltari
THE EGYPTIAN
#1 · 59 wks
Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review. Biographical data from Wikipedia/Wikidata (CC0).