1. Grigori Chkhartishvili, better known by his pen name Boris Akunin, is a Georgian-Russian writer residing in the United Kingdom.
15 Facts About Boris Akunin
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Boris Akunin is best known as a writer of historical fiction, specifically his Erast Fandorin detective novels.
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Boris Akunin's characters include Erast Fandorin, Nicholas Fandorin and Sister Pelagia.
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Boris Akunin was engaged in literary translation from Japanese and English.
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Boris Akunin has contributed literary criticism and translations from Japanese, American, and English literature under his own name.
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Boris Akunin publishes other critical and documentary works under his real name.
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Under the pseudonym Boris Akunin, he has written many works of fiction, mainly novels and stories in the series The Adventures of Erast Fandorin, The Adventures of Sister Pelagia, The Adventures of the Master, all published in Russia by Zakharov Books, and the Roman-Kino series set during World War I Akunin's specialty is historical mysteries set in Imperial Russia.
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Boris Akunin has since lived in Britain, France, and Spain.
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Boris Akunin has been critical of Vladimir Putin's domestic and foreign policies since the invasion of Georgia and the annexation of Crimea.
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Boris Akunin participated in a fundraiser in 2022 to benefit Russians accused of "discrediting" the Russian army under the Russian 2022 war censorship laws.
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Boris Akunin was then added by Rosfinmonitoring to its list of terrorists and extremists, with Boris Akunin specifically believed to be complicit in terrorist activity by the Russian Government.
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In January 2024, Boris Akunin was designated a "foreign agent" by the Russian Ministry of Justice.
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In June 2024, the online library of Boris Akunin was blocked in Russia due to the library's distribution of Vladimir Sorokin's book The Heritage.
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In September 2000, Boris Akunin was named Russian Writer of the Year and won the "Antibooker" prize 2000 for his Erast Fandorin novel Coronation, or the last of the Romanovs.
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Boris Akunin has said he has no definite plans to write more Brusnikin novels, though he remains open to the possibility.