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]

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

As of August 2017

Rank Author Nationality Original language Target languages Ttl. no. of translations
1Agatha ChristieEnglish103[2]7,236[3]
2Jules VerneFrench—4,751[3]
3William ShakespeareEnglish—4,296[3]
4Enid BlytonEnglish90[4]3,924[3]
5Barbara CartlandEnglish38[5]3,652[3]
6Danielle SteelEnglish43[6]3,628[3]
7Vladimir LeninRussian—3,593[3]
8Hans Christian AndersenDanish—3,520[3]
9Stephen KingEnglish—3,357[3]
10Philipp WinterbergGerman>160[7]3,329[8]
11Jacob GrimmGerman—2,977[3]
12Wilhelm GrimmGerman—2,951[3]
13Nora RobertsEnglish—2,597[3]
14Alexandre DumasFrench≈1002,540[3]
15Arthur Conan DoyleEnglish—2,496[3]
16Mark TwainEnglish—2,431[3]
17Fyodor DostoyevskyRussian>170[9]2,342[3]
18Georges SimenonFrench—2,315[3]
19Astrid LindgrenSwedish60–952,271[3]
20Pope John Paul II——2,258[3]
21René GoscinnyFrench—2,234[3]
22R. L. StineEnglish—2,222[3]
23Jack LondonEnglish—2,182[3]
24Leo TolstoyRussian—2,178[3]
25Isaac AsimovEnglish—2,159[3]
26Charles DickensEnglish—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. 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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