Boris Akunin is the pen name of Grigori Chkhartishvili, Russia’s best-known writer of detective and historical fiction. Akunin is an expert on Japanese literature (he’s editor-in-chief of the 20-volume Anthology of Japanese Literature). He is also a critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Akunin spoke out in 2014 against the annexation of Crimea, and has lived in self-imposed exile since. The 63-year-old writer resides today in France. He recently spoke with TAI editor-in-chief Jeffrey Gedmin and Le Figaro correspondent Laure Mandeville.Laure Mandeville and Jeff Gedmin for TAI: You are known as Russia’s finest crime fiction writer. Your roots are Georgian …read more
Source: The American Interest
