Boris Akunin
Russian writer, translation, and historian · Russia · On the map · Writers · Born 1956 · age 70
Grigori Chkhartishvili, better known by his pen name Boris Akunin, is a Georgian and 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.
Boris Akunin is read about 610 times a day, in 51 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 10 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 414 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?People around Boris
Close ties
Nikita Mikhalkov Produced The State Counsellor (2005)
Dzhanik Fayziev Directed The Turkish Gambit (2005)
Mikhail Baryshnikov Co-founded True Russia
Fyodor Bondarchuk Also in The State Counsellor and The Spy
Aleksandr Adabashyan Directed Azazel (2002)
Sergey Guriyev Co-founded True Russia
Aka Morchiladze Influenced by Boris
Oleksiy Gorbunov Also in The State Counsellor and The Spy
Sergey Gazarov Also in The Turkish Gambit and The Spy
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Awards
About this person
Grigory Chkhartishvili has also written under pen names Anatoly Brusnikin, Anna Borisova, and Akunin-Chkhartishvili. His characters include Erast Fandorin, Nicholas Fandorin and Sister Pelagia.
