![]() ![]() ![]() Many reviewers have praised the work for its portrayal of an obscure and little-understood part of Japanese culture and have marveled that a white American male should write such a work. A phenomenal best seller, this novel sold more than four million copies in English alone in a little over three years and has been translated into thirty-three languages. SIDELIGHTS: Arthur Golden made a splash when he came on the literary scene in 1997 with the publication of his novel Memoirs of a Geisha, the fictional autobiography of a Japanese geisha during the 1920s and 1930s. WORK IN PROGRESS: A historical novel set in the United States. Memoirs of a Geisha has been translated into thirty-three languages, and rights were sold for an American film adaptation in 1997 to Red Wagon Productions. Memoirs of a Geisha, Knopf ( New York, NY), 1997.ĪDAPTATIONS: Memoirs of a Geisha was recorded as an audiobook, Random House ( New York, NY), 1997. Worked for an English-language magazine in Tokyo, 1980-82. Box 419, Brookline, MA 02446.ĬAREER: Writer. Hobbies and other interests: Classical guitar.ĪDDRESSES: Home-P.O. (Japanese history), 1980 Boston University, M.A. PERSONAL: Born 1956, in Chattanooga, TN married Trudy Legge, 1982 children: two. ![]()
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