WRITER

Boris Akunin

1956 - Today

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Grigori Chkhartishvili (Russian: Григорий Шалвович Чхартишвили, romanized: Grigoriy Shalvovich Chkhartishvili; Georgian: გრიგორი ჩხარტიშვილი), better known by his pen name Boris Akunin (Russian: Борис Акунин, born 20 May 1956), is a Georgian-Russian writer residing in the United Kingdom. He is best known as a writer of historical fiction, specifically his Erast Fandorin detective novels. 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 512,503 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Boris Akunin is the 1,707th most popular writer (up from 2,331st in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from Georgia (up from 85th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Georgian Writer.

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  • 510k

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  • 63.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Boris Akunin ranks 1,707 out of 7,302. Before him are Maximus the Greek, Jean Bodel, Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, Shen Yue, Táhirih, and Sheridan Le Fanu. After him are Bernard Malamud, Kateb Yacine, Mao Dun, Hadewijch, Lucinda Riley, and Hermann Bahr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Boris Akunin ranks 71. Before him are Sultan bin Salman Al Saud, Dave Murray, Iveta Radičová, Amado Carrillo Fuentes, Milan Babić, and Bob Saget. After him are Kōji Yakusho, Patricia Cornwell, Mansour Bahrami, Baruch Goldstein, La Toya Jackson, and Krystian Zimerman.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Boris Akunin ranks 58 out of 406. Before him are Mikhail Kalatozov (1903), George IV of Georgia (1191), Tengiz Abuladze (1924), Gabriel Urgebadze (1929), Pavel Bermondt-Avalov (1877), and David VI of Georgia (1225). After him are Vakhtang Kikabidze (1938), Şevkefza Kadın (1820), Akim Tamiroff (1899), Hümaşah Sultan (1634), Meliton Kantaria (1920), and Georgiy Daneliya (1930).

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Among WRITERS In Georgia

Among writers born in Georgia, Boris Akunin ranks 6. Before him are Shota Rustaveli (1172), Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893), Sayat-Nova (1712), Ilia Chavchavadze (1837), and Pavel Bermondt-Avalov (1877). After him are Vazha-Pshavela (1861), Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko (1858), Teimuraz II of Kakheti (1700), Akaki Tsereteli (1840), Nikoloz Baratashvili (1817), and Nodar Dumbadze (1928).

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