Artur Golden

Arthur Golden is an American Japanologist and writer.

Arthur Golden is a member of the Oakes-Sulzberger family, the founders and owners of The New York Times. His mother is the daughter of Arthur Hays Sulzberger and the granddaughter of Adolph Ochs.

His parents, Ben and Ruth Golden, divorced when Arthur was 8 years old. His father died 5 years later.

In 1974, he graduated from the Baylor School. He graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in the history of Japanese art. In 1980, he received a master's degree in Japanese history from Columbia University and learned Northern Chinese.

After spending a summer at Peking University, he moved on to work at the University of Tokyo.

Upon returning to the United States, Golden received a master's degree in English from Boston University.

He lives with his family in Brookline, Massachusetts. He has a son, Hayes, and a daughter, Tess.