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Gregory David Roberts

1952 - Today

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Gregory David Roberts (born Gregory John Peter Smith; 1952) is an Australian author best known for his novel Shantaram. He is a former heroin addict and convicted bank robber who escaped from Pentridge Prison in 1980 and fled to India, where he lived for ten years. Roberts reportedly became addicted to heroin after his marriage ended and he lost custody of his young daughter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gregory David Roberts has received more than 1,484,952 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Gregory David Roberts is the 4,123rd most popular writer (down from 3,761st in 2019), the 141st most popular biography from Australia (down from 121st in 2019) and the 14th most popular Australian Writer.

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  • 1.5M

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  • 49.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The mountain shadow
Australians, Criminals, Mafia
The sequel to Shantaram continues Australian fugitive Lin's search for love and faith in a Bombay that has come under the rule of a new generation of mafia dons and where Lin becomes trapped by his married soulmate and an increasingly violent mission.
2010
Shantaram Part 2
2006
The Mountain Shadow
Fiction, biographical, Fiction, action & adventure, India, fiction
2015
Shantaram
Criminals, Australians, Fiction
2003
Shantaram
Fiction, action & adventure, India, fiction, Criminals, fiction
2004
Shantaram
Criminals, Australians, Fiction
Un prófugo de una prisión de alta seguridad en Australia y llega a Bombay dejando tras de sí toda su vida anterior: una ex - esposa y una hija de la cual ha perdido su custodia. Su nombre es Lin, pero pronto será conocido como Shantaram, el hombre de la paz de Dios. En Bombay conoce a Prabaker, su guía hindú, poseedor de una eterna sonrisa que le hace ganarse a todo el mundo. Prabaker le enseña a hablar hindú y marathi y lo sumerge en el Bombay turística y en el desconocido Bombay de los bajos fondos. Durantes este viaje conocerá a la hermosa y peligrosa, Karla, que ocultará un oscuro pasado y de la que, cómo no puede ser de otra manera, se enamorará perdidamente. La novela combina el relato épico con pasajes de gran belleza, humor y sensibilidad a la vez que conmueve la mente y el corazón e induce a la reflexión. Es por otra parte, un gran homenaje literario a Bombay.
2004

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gregory David Roberts ranks 4,123 out of 7,302. Before him are Ken Adam, Maximilian Harden, Peter Cheyney, Musa Anter, Robert Rozhdestvensky, and José Enrique Rodó. After him are Nikolay Mikhaylovsky, Jackie Collins, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Lyuben Karavelov, Helen Fielding, and Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Gregory David Roberts ranks 290. Before him are Cristóbal López Romero, Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, Wolfgang Rihm, Morgan Tsvangirai, Abel Braga, and Atsuyoshi Furuta. After him are Erick Avari, Muhtar Kent, Irina Allegrova, Kikki Danielsson, Valeri Tokarev, and Waldemar Victorino.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Gregory David Roberts ranks 141 out of 1,143. Before him are Peter Scully (1963), Radha Mitchell (1973), Tim Schenken (1943), John Winter (1924), Mick Doohan (1965), and Phillip Noyce (1950). After him are Yvonne Strahovski (1982), Snub Pollard (1889), Graham Arnold (1963), Richard Roxburgh (1962), Angela White (1985), and Costas Mandylor (1965).

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Among WRITERS In Australia

Among writers born in Australia, Gregory David Roberts ranks 14. Before him are Morris West (1916), James Aldridge (1918), Germaine Greer (1939), Banjo Paterson (1864), John Flanagan (1944), and Joan Lindsay (1896). After him are Peter Carey (1943), Greg Egan (1961), Trudi Canavan (1969), Joseph Jacobs (1854), Patricia Wrightson (1921), and Oodgeroo Noonuccal (1920).

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