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. As a boy, he witnessed the Finnish Civil War in Helsinki. Waltari was born in Helsinki and lost his father, a Lutheran pastor, at the age of five. In terms of style, the novel is considered to be Mika Toimi Waltari was a Finnish historical novelist, best known for his magnum opus The Egyptian. In 1927 he went to Paris where he wrote his first major novel Suuri illusioni ('The Grand Illusion'), a story of bohemian life. While studying, he contributed to various magazines and wrote poetry and stories, getting his first book published in 1925. Mika Toimi Waltari was a Finnish historical novelist, best known for his magnum opus The Egyptian.
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