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  2. List of autobiographies - Wikipedia

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    The Autobiography Of Goethe: Truth And Poetry, From My Own Life: 1848 William Wordsworth: The Prelude: 1850 Leo Tolstoy: Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth: 1856 Alexandre Dumas: Mes Mémoires: 1856 John Neal: Wandering Recollections of a Somewhat Busy Life: An Autobiography: 1869 Sara Coleridge: Memoir: 1874 Thomas Carlyle: Reminiscences: 1881 ...

  3. Autobiography - Wikipedia

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    An autobiography, [a] sometimes informally called an autobio, is a self-written biography of one's own life. Definition The word "autobiography" was first used deprecatingly by William Taylor in 1797 in the English periodical The Monthly Review , when he suggested the word as a hybrid, but condemned it as "pedantic".

  4. List of autobiographies by Indians - Wikipedia

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    part myth, part autobiography Baburao Bagul: When I concealed my caste - (जेव्हा मी जात चोरली होती!) 1963: Namdeo Dhasal: Golpitha: 1978: Laxman Mane: Upara: 1980: Raja Dhale: Dalit Pantherchi Sansthapana: Vastustithi Ani Viparyas: 2002: Shankarrao Kharat: Taral Antaral: 1981: Urmila Pawar

  5. List of autobiographies by presidents of the United States

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    Ulysses S. Grant, working on his memoirs in 1885.His Personal Memoirs is considered by historians to be among the best by a U.S. president.. Many presidents of the United States have written autobiographies about their presidencies and/or (some periods of) their life before their time in office.

  6. Biography - Wikipedia

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    An authorized biography is written with the permission, cooperation, and at times, participation of a subject or a subject's heirs. An unauthorized biography is one written without such permission or participation. An autobiography is written by the person themselves, sometimes with the assistance of a collaborator or ghostwriter.

  7. List of cricketers' biographies and autobiographies - Wikipedia

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    Sir Vivian: The Definitive Autobiography: Vivian Richards: Vivian Richards with Bob Harris 2000: Hands and Heals: Ian Healy: Ian Healy: 2000: David Lloyd: The Autobiography - Anything but Murder: David Lloyd: David Lloyd with Alan Lee: 2000: Botham: My Autobiography : Ian Botham: Ian Botham with Peter Hayter 2001: Dazzler: The Autobiography ...

  8. Life writing - Wikipedia

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    Life writing is an expansive genre that primarily deals with the purposeful recording of personal memories, experiences, opinions, and emotions for different ends. While what actually constitutes life writing has been up for debate throughout history, it has often been defined through the lens of the history of the autobiography genre as well as the concept of the self as it arises in writing.

  9. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - Wikipedia

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    Part One of the Autobiography is addressed to Franklin's son William, at that time (1771) Royal Governor of New Jersey.While in England at the estate of the Bishop of St Asaph in Twyford, the 65-year-old Franklin begins by describing his parents and grandparents, recounting his childhood, expressing his fondness for reading, and narrating his apprenticeship to his brother James Franklin, a ...