Arthur Golden (born in 1956 in Chattanooga, Tennessee) is the writer of the bestselling novel Memoirs of a Geisha. Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Scenic City (official), Chatt-Town, River City, Chatty, Chattavegas, The Noog Location within the U.S. State of Tennessee Cities in Tennessee Tennessee Mayor Ron Littlefield Area    - City 370. ... Memoirs of a Geisha is a novel by Arthur Golden, published in 1997. ...

A member of the Ochs-Sulzberger family, owners of the New York Times, Golden was educated at the Baylor School (a private coeducational school for both day and boarding students) in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He attended Harvard College 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 Beijing University, he worked in Tokyo. When he returned to the United States, he earned an M.A. in English at Boston University. He currently lives with his wife and two children in Brookline, Massachusetts. Ochs refers to: Adolph (Simon) Ochs, Jewish reporter of Bavarian immigrant background Iphigene Bertha Ochs, daughter of Adolph, married Arthur Hays Sulzberger Arthur Ochs Punch-Sulzberger, son of Iphigene Philip David Phil Ochs Greatest Hits (Phil Ochs) Interview with Phil Ochs Phil Ochs at Newport Phil Ochs In Concert Phil... Sulzberger (means a person or pedigree from Sulzberg, Germany) can refers to: the publisher of the New York Times Arthur Hays Sulzberger (1891-1968) Arthur Ochs Punch-Sulzberger (Arthur Sulzberger, Jr), his son Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... Baylor School is a co-educational private secondary school on the outskirts of Chattanooga, Tennessee. ... Chattanooga is a city located in United States of America. ... Official language(s) English Capital Nashville Largest city Memphis Largest metro area Nashville Area  Ranked 36th  - Total 42,169 sq mi (109,247 km²)  - Width 120 miles (195 km)  - Length 440 miles (710 km)  - % water 2. ... Harvard Yard Harvard College is the undergraduate section and oldest school of Harvard University, having been founded in 1636. ... A Master of Arts is a postgraduate academic masters degree awarded by universities in North America and the United Kingdom (excluding the ancient universities of Scotland and Oxbridge. ... Columbia University is a private university whose main campus lies in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City. ... This article is on all of the Northern Chinese dialects. ... Peking University 博学审问慎思明辨 Peking University or Beijing University (pinyin Běijīng Dàxué), colloquially Beida (北大, pinyin běidà), is one of the most prestigious universities in China. ... Tokyo , literally Eastern capital)   is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, the home of the Japanese Imperial Family, and the de facto[1] capital of Japan. ... For the unrelated Jesuit university in Chestnut Hill, see Boston College. ...   Settled: 1638 â€“ Incorporated: 1705 Zip Code(s): 02445 â€“ Area Code(s): 617 / 857 Official website: http://www. ...

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. Memoirs of a Geisha is a novel by Arthur Golden, published in 1997. ...

Memoirs of a Geisha was written after interviewing a number of geisha, principally Mineko Iwasaki, for background information about the world of the geisha. Given his family history in journalism, Golden chose to create a fictional world as close to the truth as he possibly could and strove diligently to get the details right. Mineko Iwasaki Mineko Iwasaki (岩崎峰子 Iwasaki Mineko), born Masako Tanaka (born November 2, 1949 in Kyoto), was Japans number one geiko (geisha) until her sudden retirement at the age of 29. ...

After the Japanese edition of Memoirs of a Geisha was published, Arthur 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 case was settled out of court for an undisclosed amount.

In 2005, Memoirs of a Geisha was made into a feature film starring Ziyi Zhang and Ken Watanabe, and directed by Rob Marshall, garnering three Academy Awards. Memoirs of a Geisha is an Academy Award-winning movie adaptation of the novel of the same name, produced by Steven Spielbergs Amblin Entertainment and directed by Rob Marshall. ... Zhang Ziyi ZHANG Ziyi (章子怡; pinyin: Zhāng Zǐyí, pronounced like Jahng Dzih-ee) (born February 9, 1979) is a Chinese actress and dancer. ... Ken Watanabe (born October 21, 1959) (Japanese: 渡辺謙) is a Japanese theater, TV, and film actor. ... Rob Marshall is a director. ... The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ...