Boris Akunin
Novelist, Author
1956 –
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Who is Boris Akunin?
Boris Akunin is the pen name of Grigory Shalvovich Chkhartishvili, a Russian writer of Georgian origin. He is best known as writer of detective and historical fiction, but he's also an essayist and literary translator. Grigory Chkhartishvili has also written under pen names Anatoly Brusnikin, Anna Borisova and Akunin-Chkhartishvili.
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- Born
- May 20, 1956
Zestaponi - Also known as
- B. Akunin
- Grigory Shalvovich Chkhartishvili
- Grigory Chkhartishvili
- Anatoly Brusnikin
- Anna Borisova
- Akunin Boris
- Akunin-Chkhartishvili
- Parents
- Spouses
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- Russia
- Soviet Union
- Profession
- Education
- Moscow State University
- Institute of Asian and African Countries
- Lived in
- Tbilisi
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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