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Grigori Chkhartishvili (Russian: Григорий Шалвович Чхартишвили, romanized: Grigory 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 ...
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- May 20, 1956
- The Winter Queen (Erast Fandorin Mysteries, #1) by Boris Akunin, Andrew Bromfield (Translator)
- The Turkish Gambit (Erast Fandorin Mysteries, #2) by Boris Akunin, Andrew Bromfield (Translator)
- Murder on the Leviathan (Erast Fandorin Mysteries, #3) by Boris Akunin, Andrew Bromfield (Translator)
- The Death of Achilles (Erast Fandorin Mysteries, #4) by Boris Akunin, Andrew Bromfield (Translator)
Boris Akunin is a Russian writer, whose name is now well-known all over the world due to his undeniable talent. His books have been translated into dozens of languages, and a lot of his novels have already been filmed.
Jul 27, 2012 · When he first wakes up, the fifty-six-year-old writer—who, under the pseudonym Boris Akunin, is one of Russia’s most widely read contemporary authors—might think of a new predicament in ...
- His real name is Grigory Chkhartishvili. The son of a Georgian father, Shalva Chkhartishvili, and a Jewish mother, Berta Brazinskaya, Boris Akunin came to Russia at the age of one.
- There is more to his pseudonym than meets the eye. Chkhartishvili chose the moniker B. Akunin in 1998 – adding "Boris" in the 2000s after his books had already become bestsellers.
- He is a keen experimenter. When he had gained a stable reputation and financial success, Akunin decided to experiment. In 2007-2011, he decided to move away from the format that had brought him so much acclaim, publishing two series of novels, one purely historical and one sentimental, under the pen names Anatoly Brusnikin and Anna Borisova.
- He has now added "historian" to his resume. Akunin is currently working on The History of the Russian State, a multi-volume work that seeks to understand why Russia has remained so stable in the face of so many revolts and revolutions.
Boris Akunin is the pen name of Grigory Chkhartishvili, who was born in the republic of Georgia in 1956. A philologist, critic, essayist, and translator of Japanese, Akunin published his first detective stories in 1998 and has become one of the most widely read authors in Russia.
Boris Akunin has 399 books on Goodreads with 169891 ratings. Boris Akunin’s most popular book is The Winter Queen (Erast Fandorin Mysteries, #1).
