The most translated literary work in your language

[Comte Arnau]

Do you think it may be a different one? Are you surprised?

(Note: I'm not including religious or very political stuff)


In the Romance languages:

1. ITALIAN

Pinocchio (1883), translated into more than 240 languages.



2. FRENCH

Le Petit Prince 'The Little Prince' (1943), translated into more than 216 languages.



3. PORTUGUESE

O Alquimista 'The Alchemist' (1988), translated into 67 languages.



4. SPANISH

Don Quijote de la Mancha (1615), translated into more than 48 languages.



5. CATALAN

La pell freda 'Cold Skin' (2002), translated into 37 languages.



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In the Germanic languages:

1. DANISH

Eventyr 'Fairy-tales' (1835-53), translated into more than 150 languages.



2. ENGLISH

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865), translated into 97 languages.



3. SWEDISH

Pippi Långstrump 'Pippi Longstocking' (1945), translated into 64 languages.



4. DUTCH

Het Achterhuis 'The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)' (1947), translated into 60 languages.



5. GERMAN

Heidi (1880), translated into 50 languages.



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In the Slavic languages:

1. CZECH

Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za světové války 'The Good Soldier Schweik' (1923), translated into 58 languages.



2. POLISH

Quo vadis (1895), translated into 50 languages.



3. BULGARIAN

Под игото 'Under the Yoke' (1888), translated into 30 languages.



NOTE: I'm pretty sure that there should be Russian books with more translations than those three, but I couldn't find any figures so far.

[Comte Arnau]

In the Finno-Ugric languages:

1. FINNISH

Kalevala (1835/49), translated into 61 languages.



2. HUNGARIAN

Az ember tragédiája 'The Tragedy of Man' (1861), translated into 40 languages.

[Also]

I don't get why Paulo Coelho is so popular. We had better brazilian writters like Machado de Assis.