List of most translated individual authors

This page provides list of most translated individual authors to date sorted by the total number of translations.[1]


As of August 2017

Rank Author Nationality Original language Target languages Total no. of translations
1 Agatha Christie English 103[2] 7,236[3]
2 Jules Verne French — 4,751[3]
3 William Shakespeare English — 4,296[3]
4 Enid Blyton English 90[4] 3,924[3]
5 Barbara Cartland English 38[5] 3,652[3]
6 Danielle Steel English 43[6] 3,628[3]
7 Vladimir Lenin Russian — 3,383 [3]
8 Hans Christian Andersen Danish — 3,520[3]
9 Stephen King English — 3,357[3]
10 Philipp Winterberg German 160[7] 3,329[8]
11 Jacob Grimm German — 2,977[3]
12 Wilhelm Grimm German — 2,951[3]
13 Nora Roberts English — 2,597[3]
14 Alexandre Dumas French 100 2,540[3]
15 Arthur Conan Doyle English — 2,496[3]
16 Mark Twain English — 2,431[3]
17 Fyodor Dostoyevsky Russian 170[9] 2,342[3]
18 Georges Simenon French — 2,315[3]
19 Astrid Lindgren Swedish 60–95 2,271[3]
20 Pope John Paul II — — 2,258[3]
21 René Goscinny French — 2,234[3]
22 R. L. Stine English — 2,222[3]
23 Jack London English — 2,182[3]
24 Leo Tolstoy Russian — 2,178[3]
25 Isaac Asimov English — 2,159[3]
26 Charles Dickens English — 2,112[3]


See also

References

  1. ^ "The Top 10 Most Translated Authors of All Time". Ulatus.com. Archived from the original on 29 April 2020.
  2. ^ McWhirter, Norris; McWhirter, Ross (1976). Guinness Book of World Records, 11th U.S. Edition. Bantam Books. p. 704.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y UNESCO Statistics. "Index Translationum - "TOP 50000" Author". Official website of UNESCO. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  4. ^ Clark, Nick (27 March 2012). "Seven go on a 21-century adventure: Enid Blyton classics to be rewritten". The Independent. Retrieved 12 August 2017. Blyton's works have been translated into 90 languages.
  5. ^ McCorquodale, Ian (2017). "Welcome to the romantic world of Barbara Cartland". BarbaraCartland.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017. During her long career, my mother, Barbara Cartland wrote an incredible 723 books, which were translated into 38 languages, making her the most prolific author of the 20th Century.
  6. ^ "About Danielle Steel". Official website of Danielle Steel. Retrieved 12 August 2017. She is published in 69 countries and 43 languages.
  7. ^ "Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek". portal.dnb.de.
  8. ^ "Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek". portal.dnb.de.
  9. ^ Kjetsaa, Geir (1989). Fyodor Dostoyevsky: A Writer's Life. Fawcett Columbine. p. foreword. ISBN 978-0-449-90334-6.

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