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Mika Waltarin muistolaatta

Mika Waltari memorial plaque

Helsinki 1908 - Helsinki 1979
a Finnish writer, best known for his best-selling novel Sinuhe egyptiläinen (The Egyptian)
(Wikipedia)

Jouko Toiviainen
1983

Description

Plaque with relief portrait.

Inscription(s)

tällä paikalla
sijainneessa
talossa syntyi
19.9.1908.
kirjailija
akateemikko
MIKA WALTARI

On this spot
stood the house
where was born
on 19 Sept. 1908
the author
academician
Mika Waltari

Signature

JT-83

Artist

Jouko Toiviainen (c. 1946), Finnish sculptor from Oulu.

Sources & Information

Helsinki City Artmuseum, Public Art.

Location (N 60°10'41" - E 24°56'48") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: fi160; Photograph: 3 July 2013
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