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Title page of Henry Thoreau's memoir, Walden (1854) A memoir (/ ˈ m ɛ m. w ɑːr /; [1] from French mémoire, from Latin memoria 'memory, remembrance') is any nonfiction narrative writing based on the author's personal memories. [2] [3] The assertions made in the work are thus understood to be factual.
Nimoy stated that the title originated from an incident in an airport where a mother introduced him to her daughter as Spock. The child was not convinced, and "I am not Spock" subsequently became the title for a chapter in the autobiography that discussed how he went about building the character. [1]
Educated is a 2018 memoir by the American author Tara Westover.Westover recounts overcoming her survivalist Mormon family in order to go to college and emphasizes the importance of education in enlarging her world.
The author of a memoir may be referred to as a memoirist. Some memoirs may be less structured and less encompassing than formal autobiographical works. They may be about part of a life rather than the chronological telling of a life from childhood to adulthood/old age. Traditional memoirs dealt with public matters, rather than personal.
Elliot Page revealed the cover for his upcoming memoir, Pageboy, and opened up more about its purpose. "Writing a book has come up a few times over the years, but it never felt right and quite ...
Elliot Page added author to his resume this week, announcing via Instagram on Monday that his memoir will hit shelves in June 2023. "Writing a book has come up a few times over the years, but it ...
Look, I admire Elliot Page as much as the next LGBTQ+ person and was swooning just as hard over this incredible cover and the mystery around the hush-hush book with the super-private advanced copies.
I Am Spock is the second volume of actor and director Leonard Nimoy's autobiography. The book was published in 1995, four years after the release of the last Star Trek motion picture starring the entire original cast, and covers the majority of Nimoy's time with Star Trek in general and Mr. Spock in particular.