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Arthur Golden is an American novelist and essayist. He is best known for his 1997 novel Memoirs of a Geisha, which was adapted into a 2005 film of the same name. Golden was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and grew up in the nearby town of Lookout Mountain, Georgia. He attended Harvard University, where he earned a degree in English and American literature in 1978. After graduating, he worked as a freelance journalist and editor in New York City. In 1997, Golden published his first novel, Memoirs of a Geisha, which became an international bestseller and was adapted into a feature film in 2005. He has since published two other novels, The River of Heaven (2003) and The Samurai's Garden (2006). Golden is married to the writer and editor, Susan Golden. They have two children. As of 2021, Arthur Golden's net worth is estimated to be $2 million.

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Occupation Writer
Age 67 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 6 December, 1956
Birthday 6 December
Birthplace Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Who Is Arthur Golden's Wife?

His wife is Gertrude "Trudy" Legge (1982–present)

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Arthur Golden Net Worth

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2005

In 2005, Memoirs of a Geisha was made into a feature film starring Ziyi Zhang, Michelle Yeoh, Gong Li, and Ken Watanabe, and directed by Rob Marshall, garnering three Academy Awards.

2003

After the Japanese edition of Memoirs of a Geisha was published, Golden was sued for breach of contract and defamation of character by Iwasaki. The plaintiff claimed that Golden had agreed to protect her anonymity, if she told him about her life as a geisha due to the traditional code of silence about their clients. The lawsuit was settled out of court in February 2003.

1997

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.

1974

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.

1956

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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