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WRITER

Boris Akunin

1956 - Today

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Boris Akunin (Russian: Борис Акунин) is the pen name of Grigori Chkhartishvili (Russian: Григорий Шалвович Чхартишвили, romanized: Grigory Shalvovich Chkhartishvili; Georgian: გრიგორი ჩხარტიშვილი, born 20 May 1956), a Georgian-Russian writer residing in United Kingdom. He is best known as a writer of historical fiction. He is also an essayist and literary translator. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Boris Akunin has received more than 468,594 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Boris Akunin is the 2,338th most popular writer (up from 2,595th in 2019), the 85th most popular biography from Georgia (up from 88th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Georgian Writer.

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  • 470k

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  • 53.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Boris Akunin ranks 2,338 out of 5,755. Before him are Henri Desgrange, Salvador de Madariaga, Constantine Manasses, Waldemar Bonsels, Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, and Antimachus. After him are Luigi Pulci, Mouloud Feraoun, Théophile de Viau, Clive Barker, Lidia Zamenhof, and Giovanni Pascoli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Boris Akunin ranks 101. Before him are Ewa Kopacz, Hans van Breukelen, Alain Ducasse, Steven Bauer, Mari Boine, and Andoni Goikoetxea Olaskoaga. After him are Kazuyo Sejima, Yegor Gaidar, John Lydon, Horacio Cartes, Alejandro Giammattei, and Saadeddine Othmani.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Boris Akunin ranks 85 out of 342. Before him are Mikheil Gelovani (1893), Irakli Tsereteli (1881), Akaki Tsereteli (1840), Giorgi Margvelashvili (1969), Gregorio Pietro Agagianian (1895), and Jaba Ioseliani (1926). After him are Ibrahim Bey (1735), Vakhtang VI of Kartli (1675), Kamo (1882), Keto Losaberidze (1949), Eliso Virsaladze (1942), and Lusine Zakaryan (1937).

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Among WRITERS In Georgia

Among writers born in Georgia, Boris Akunin ranks 9. Before him are Sayat-Nova (1712), Ilia Chavchavadze (1837), Pavel Bermondt-Avalov (1877), Vazha-Pshavela (1861), Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko (1858), and Akaki Tsereteli (1840). After him are Nodar Dumbadze (1928), Nikoloz Baratashvili (1817), Teimuraz II of Kakheti (1700), Roy Medvedev (1925), Konstantine Gamsakhurdia (1893), and Kosta Khetagurov (1859).

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