Arthur Golden

Quick Facts

Full Name	Arthur Golden
Occupation	Novelist
Date Of Birth	Dec 6, 1956(1956-12-06)
Age	68
Birthplace	Chattanooga
Country	United States
Birth City	Tennessee
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Arthur Golden Biography

Arthur Golden is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on December 6, 1956 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. A well-known American novelist, he is best famous for his best-selling book, Memoirs of a Geisha. The novel was later adapted into an Oscar Award-winning feature film during the beginning into the 21st Century.

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Golden was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the son of Ruth (née Sulzberger) and Ben Hale Golden. His mother was Jewish and his father a gentile. Through his mother he is a member of the Ochs-Sulzberger family. His mother was a daughter of long-time Times publisher Arthur Hays Sulzberger and granddaughter of Times owner and publisher Adolph Ochs. His parents divorced when he was eight years old. His father died five years after. He was raised in Lookout Mountain, Georgia and attended Lookout Mountain Elementary School in Lookout Mountain, Tennessee. He spent his middle and high school years at the Baylor School (then a boys-only school for day and boarding students) in Chattanooga, graduating in 1974. He attended Harvard University and received a degree in art history, specializing in Japanese art. In 1980, he earned an M.A. in Japanese history at Columbia University, and also learned Mandarin Chinese. After a summer at Peking University in Beijing, China, he worked in Tokyo. When he returned to the United States, he earned an M.A. in English at Boston University. He currently lives in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts.

After its release in 1997, Memoirs of a Geisha spent two years on the New York Times bestseller list. It has sold more than four million copies in English and has been translated into thirty-two languages around the world.

His birthplace was Chattanooga, Tennessee. He married Trudy Legee in 1982.

Arthur Golden Net Worth

Arthur Golden is one of the richest Novelist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Arthur Golden 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a student in Peking university in Beijing, China and also was employed for a while in Tokyo, Japan.

The author wrote Memoirs of a Geisha over an entire six-year span.

Arthur Sulzberger Golden (born December 6, 1956) is an American writer. He is the author of the bestselling novel Memoirs of a Geisha (1997).

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Facts & Trivia

Arthur Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Arthur Golden celebrates birthday on December 6 of every year.

Top Facts about Arthur Golden

1. Arthur Golden is an American author born in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
2. He graduated from Harvard College with a degree in art history.
3. “Memoirs of a Geisha” was his debut novel and became a bestseller.
4. The book has been translated into 32 languages and sold over 6 million copies.
5. It won the prestigious National Book Award for fiction in 1997.
6. Golden spent years researching Japanese culture before writing the book.
7. He interviewed geishas to ensure accuracy and authenticity in his writing.
8. The novel was adapted into a successful film directed by Rob Marshall.
9. Golden has not published any other novels since “Memoirs of a Geisha.”
10. He currently lives in Brookline, Massachusetts with his family.

How true is Memoirs of a Geisha?

No, it is not based on a true story. However, a real geisha, named Mineko Iwasaki, sued the author of the book because of defamation. Surprisingly, not the plot, but some characters in the book resembled some of the real characters in Mineko Iwasaki’s life that she shared with the author in a private conversation.

Why did Arthur Golden wrote Memoirs of a Geisha?

ARTHUR GOLDEN: Geisha because when I was living in Japan, I met a fellow whose mother was a geisha, and I thought that was kind of fascinating and ended up reading about the subject just about the same time I was getting interested in writing fiction. And that led me to write a novel about a geisha.

When was Arthur Golden born?

December 6, 1956 (age 65 years)

What is Arthur Golden doing?

Arthur Golden did. He published Memoirs of a Geisha in 1999 to immense acclaim. The book became a sensation, sold more than 4 million copies, and was eventually adapted by Steven Spielberg into a 2005 film. Golden hasn’t published a new novel since , marking more than a decade and a half of silence.

Do geisha sell their virginity?

Geisha are not prostitutes, in the past, the right to take the virginity of a Geisha (mizuage) was sold by the Geisha house. In reality, it was more a sponsorship for the Maiko’s training, which was really expensive. Only the very wealthy could pay for this right.