Boris Akunin is the pen name of Grigori Chkhartishvili, a Georgian and Russian writer living in the United Kingdom. He is best known for historical fiction, in particular the Erast Fandorin detective novels, and he is also an essayist and literary translator. He has also written under the pen names Anatoly Brusnikin and Anna Borisova, and his characters include Erast Fandorin, Nicholas Fandorin and Sister Pelagia.
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Source Wikipedia: Boris Akunin
Source Wikipedia: Boris Akunin
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Source Wikipedia: The Winter Queen (novel)
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He is best known as a writer of historical fiction, specifically his Erast Fandorin detective novels.
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He is also an essayist and literary translator.
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is a Georgian and Russian writer residing in the United Kingdom
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born 20 May 1956
In Genre: Detective Fiction, Infobox, genre field
Genre: Detective, historical fiction
In Genre: Historical Fiction, Infobox, genre field
Genre: Detective, historical fiction
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Author: Boris Akunin
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