L. Ron Hubbard - Most Translated Author

Guinness World Records: L. Ron Hubbard Is the Most Translated Author
By Kimberly Maul

Beating out J.K. Rowling, Sidney Sheldon and Anne Frank to become the world’s most translated author is no small feat. But L. Ron Hubbard has done so, according to Guinness World Records. Hubbard, who passed away in 1986, wrote dozens of books of fiction and nonfiction that have been translated into 65 languages. The previous record—51 languages—was set by Sheldon in 1997. Unofficial records state that Rowling and the Harry Potter series have been translated into 63 languages, and Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl has been translated into 64.

Hubbard holds this record as of October 2005, and Guinness presented the verification certificate to Author Services, Inc., the literary agency in Los Angeles that licenses all of Hubbard’s works around the world. “We keep making L. Ron Hubbard’s words available to publishers everywhere so we expect to continue breaking this record,” said Hugh Wilhere, spokesperson for Author Services.