American writer Arthur Golden became famous all over the world by writing one book. It took him more than ten years to create the novel Memoirs of a Geisha. Hard work has brought worthy fruit to the creator of the bestseller.
Starting conditions
Nature endows few people with the ability to learn foreign languages. Practice shows that a multilingual person manages to achieve more significant results in life. The biography of Arthur Golden convincingly confirms this position. The future writer and orientalist was born on December 6, 1956 in a famous American family. Parents at that time lived in the famous city of Chattanooga. My father was in business. Mother worked as a reporter for the New York Times. It is interesting to note that Arthur's maternal great-grandfather was one of the founders of this newspaper.
The boy demonstrated drawing ability from an early age and learned to read early. Arthur studied well at school. His favorite subject was history and literature. In his home library, the future orientalist found a book about the mysterious country of Japan. And from that time he began to take an interest in the culture of Asian countries. After school, Golden decided to get a specialized education at the Department of Humanities at Harvard University. Within the walls of this educational institution, he chose a specialization in the history of the arts of the East.
Professional activity
Golden began his work as an art critic with a trip to China. Here he collected the necessary information and diligently mastered one of the dialects of the Chinese language. A researcher from distant America was interested in folk traditions and celebrations. Arthur managed to attend a wedding in a village that was lost among the mountains. The next point of his trip to Asian countries was the capital of Japan, the city of Tokyo. Golden was given a trainee position in the history department at the capital's university.
The American trainee knew a lot about local traditions. As part of his research program, Arthur met a woman who turned out to be a geisha. According to the definition given in the explanatory dictionary, a geisha is a person of art. Golden spent several months in contact with this female representative. Based on the information he received, a book was written called Memoirs of a Geisha. The work on the text took over ten years. Golden's literary work was appreciated by readers from different countries. The novel has been published with a circulation of 4 million copies and has been translated into 30 languages.
Recognition and privacy
After the publication of the book, Golden no longer took up the pen. He continued his teaching career at Boston University. Arthur lectures students about the art of Japan and China.
The personal life of the famous writer has developed well. He got married after returning from a trip to Asian countries. The husband and wife raised and raised two children - a son and a daughter.
