About Mika Rissanen
Born 1978. Mika Rissanen is a Finnish writer and historian.
Mika Rissanen (born 1978) is a Finnish history researcher and author of non-fiction and young adult literature.
In 2005, Rissanen's book Antiikin Urheilu (Sports in Antiquity, co-written with Sami Koski and Juha Tahvanainen) won Tieto-Finlandia award for the best non-fiction book in Finland. In 2016 his non-fiction book Down Beer Street: History in a Pint Glass (co-written with Juha Tahvanainen) was published in English, in German and in Italian.
Rissanen has written his young adult thrillers, Arkeomysteeri series (Archeomystery) in co-operation with Juha Tahvanainen using the pseudonym Nemo Rossi.
Academic researches of Rissanen are focused in ancient history and European cultural history.
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Finnish history researcher and author of non-fiction and young adult literature
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Mika Rissanen was born on 12 January 1978 in Nurmes.
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Mika Rissanen is a writer and historian.
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Mika Rissanen is Finnish.
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