Autobiographical
adjective
Related to or describing the story of a person's life written by themselves.
He wrote an autobiographical book about his childhood adventures.
Often appears as...
- autobiographical memoir
- autobiographical novel
adjective
Similar to or characteristic of an autobiography.
The movie is autobiographical, as the filmmaker narrates his own life experience.
Often appears as...
- autobiographical narrative
- autobiographical film
adjective
Related to or describing the story of a person's life written by themselves.
He wrote an autobiographical book about his childhood adventures.
Often appears as...
- autobiographical memoir
- autobiographical novel
adjective
Similar to or characteristic of an autobiography.
The movie is autobiographical, as the filmmaker narrates his own life experience.
Often appears as...
- autobiographical narrative
- autobiographical film
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Pro Tip 1/3First-Person Narration
Autobiographical works are written from the author's perspective, using 'I' or 'me'.
In her autobiographical memoir, she frequently reflected on 'my journey through life'.
Pro Tip 2/3Subjectivity Awareness
An autobiographical account reflects the writer's personal views and biases.
His autobiographical article painted an unusually heroic picture of himself.
Pro Tip 3/3Real-Life Characters
People in autobiographical books are real, though names may be changed for privacy.
Characters in her autobiographical novel correlate with her actual family members.
Pro Tip 1/3First-Person Narration
Autobiographical works are written from the author's perspective, using 'I' or 'me'.
In her autobiographical memoir, she frequently reflected on 'my journey through life'.
Pro Tip 2/3Subjectivity Awareness
An autobiographical account reflects the writer's personal views and biases.
His autobiographical article painted an unusually heroic picture of himself.
Pro Tip 3/3Real-Life Characters
People in autobiographical books are real, though names may be changed for privacy.
Characters in her autobiographical novel correlate with her actual family members.
Pro Tip 1/3First-Person Narration
Autobiographical works are written from the author's perspective, using 'I' or 'me'.
In her autobiographical memoir, she frequently reflected on 'my journey through life'.
Pro Tip 2/3Subjectivity Awareness
An autobiographical account reflects the writer's personal views and biases.
His autobiographical article painted an unusually heroic picture of himself.
Pro Tip 3/3Real-Life Characters
People in autobiographical books are real, though names may be changed for privacy.
Characters in her autobiographical novel correlate with her actual family members.
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How Boredom Can Lead to...
which allows sort of different connections to take place. It's really awesome, actually. Manoush Totally awesome, right? So this is my brain in an fMRI, and I learned that in the default mode is when we connect disparate ideas, we solve some of our most nagging problems, and we do something called "autobiographical planning."
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My 5 lives as an artist...
But I wanted people to actually feel my work from their gut, because I was painting it from my gut. If they wanted beauty, I said, this is the beauty I'm willing to give you. It's politicized. Of course, none of them liked it. My works also turned autobiographical.
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The politics of fiction...
was to write about myself. Instead, I began to write about people other than me and things that never really happened. And thus began my life-long passion for writing fiction. So from the very beginning, fiction for me was less of an autobiographical manifestation
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The quest to understand...
Only the wealth of our minds is, not the very fact that we have a self that we can refer to our own existence, and that we have any sense of person. Now there are three levels of self to consider -- the proto, the core and the autobiographical.
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Why should you read “The...
Bulgakov’s experiences with censorship and artistic frustration lend an autobiographical air to the second part of the novel, when we are finally introduced to its namesake. "The Master" is a nameless author who’s worked for years on a novel
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Can you solve the...
This makes sense since each individual digit tells us the number of times a specific digit occurs within the total. So the digits in our ten-digit autobiographical number must add up to ten. This tells us another important thing –
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Is life meaningless? And...
that triggered his fallout with many fellow writers and philosophers. Despite the controversy, Camus began work on his most lengthy and personal novel an autobiographical work entitled "The First Man."
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The Secret to Mastering...
It's what I like to call an autobiographical occasion in which we are called on to revisit, rewrite and retell our life story, adding a new chapter for what we learned during the lifequake.
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Anil Seth: How your...
which basically obliterated his ability to lay down new autobiographical memories. He lost his hippocampus, which is a brain region very important for this function.
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The paradox of choice PIPE...
I want to say -- just a little autobiographical moment -- that I actually am married to a wife,
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How Boredom Can Lead to...
which allows sort of different connections to take place. It's really awesome, actually. Manoush Totally awesome, right? So this is my brain in an fMRI, and I learned that in the default mode is when we connect disparate ideas, we solve some of our most nagging problems, and we do something called "autobiographical planning."
Video examples
My 5 lives as an artist...
But I wanted people to actually feel my work from their gut, because I was painting it from my gut. If they wanted beauty, I said, this is the beauty I'm willing to give you. It's politicized. Of course, none of them liked it. My works also turned autobiographical.
Video examples
The politics of fiction...
was to write about myself. Instead, I began to write about people other than me and things that never really happened. And thus began my life-long passion for writing fiction. So from the very beginning, fiction for me was less of an autobiographical manifestation
Video examples
The quest to understand...
Only the wealth of our minds is, not the very fact that we have a self that we can refer to our own existence, and that we have any sense of person. Now there are three levels of self to consider -- the proto, the core and the autobiographical.
Video examples
Why should you read “The...
Bulgakov’s experiences with censorship and artistic frustration lend an autobiographical air to the second part of the novel, when we are finally introduced to its namesake. "The Master" is a nameless author who’s worked for years on a novel
Video examples
Can you solve the...
This makes sense since each individual digit tells us the number of times a specific digit occurs within the total. So the digits in our ten-digit autobiographical number must add up to ten. This tells us another important thing –
Video examples
Is life meaningless? And...
that triggered his fallout with many fellow writers and philosophers. Despite the controversy, Camus began work on his most lengthy and personal novel an autobiographical work entitled "The First Man."
Video examples
The Secret to Mastering...
It's what I like to call an autobiographical occasion in which we are called on to revisit, rewrite and retell our life story, adding a new chapter for what we learned during the lifequake.
Video examples
Anil Seth: How your...
which basically obliterated his ability to lay down new autobiographical memories. He lost his hippocampus, which is a brain region very important for this function.
Video examples
The paradox of choice PIPE...
I want to say -- just a little autobiographical moment -- that I actually am married to a wife,
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Gunter Grass
German Author
Over the years, I had something in principle against autobiographical writing altogether because memory plays tricks on us, and we also tend to reinvent ourselves. But there comes an age when one begins to observe life, and there are things that need time to mature, also in terms of literary form.
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John Banville
Irish Novelist
All novels must be autobiographical because I am the only material that I know. All of the characters are me. But at the same time, a novel is never autobiographical even if it describes the life of the author. Literary writing is a completely different medium.
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Cindy Sherman
American Photographer
People assume that a self-portrait is narcissistic and you're trying to reveal something about yourself: fantasies or autobiographical information. In fact, none of my work is about me or my private life.
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John Legend
American Musician
There are autobiographical elements to the albums, and when I write, I always reference my own life as well as other things, so I'm just like any novelist or any fiction writer who tells stories.
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Jeffrey Eugenides
American Novelist
I'm not really an autobiographical writer, though I use lots of stuff from my life to make my stories seem real. But when I actually write about myself, I get very confused.
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Jim Crace
English Writer
I don't have a constituency, and I'm not autobiographical in any way. I write these deeply moral books in a country which would prefer irony to anything with a moral tone.
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Janet Jackson
American Musician
Recording is more autobiographical than acting. It's me - either how I'm feeling then or once felt at some point in my life. It's all me.
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John Berger
English Artist
The autobiographical doesn't interest me. I could think of few things less interesting than rooting about in my life.
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Kim Edwards
American Author
Though my stories aren't autobiographical, I do sometimes use things from my life.
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Lisa Joy
American Director
I was actually born a robot, so 'Westworld' is just autobiographical.
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Gunter Grass
German Author
Over the years, I had something in principle against autobiographical writing altogether because memory plays tricks on us, and we also tend to reinvent ourselves. But there comes an age when one begins to observe life, and there are things that need time to mature, also in terms of literary form.
Quote examples
John Banville
Irish Novelist
All novels must be autobiographical because I am the only material that I know. All of the characters are me. But at the same time, a novel is never autobiographical even if it describes the life of the author. Literary writing is a completely different medium.
Quote examples
Cindy Sherman
American Photographer
People assume that a self-portrait is narcissistic and you're trying to reveal something about yourself: fantasies or autobiographical information. In fact, none of my work is about me or my private life.
Quote examples
John Legend
American Musician
There are autobiographical elements to the albums, and when I write, I always reference my own life as well as other things, so I'm just like any novelist or any fiction writer who tells stories.
Quote examples
Jeffrey Eugenides
American Novelist
I'm not really an autobiographical writer, though I use lots of stuff from my life to make my stories seem real. But when I actually write about myself, I get very confused.
Quote examples
Jim Crace
English Writer
I don't have a constituency, and I'm not autobiographical in any way. I write these deeply moral books in a country which would prefer irony to anything with a moral tone.
Quote examples
Janet Jackson
American Musician
Recording is more autobiographical than acting. It's me - either how I'm feeling then or once felt at some point in my life. It's all me.
Quote examples
John Berger
English Artist
The autobiographical doesn't interest me. I could think of few things less interesting than rooting about in my life.
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Kim Edwards
American Author
Though my stories aren't autobiographical, I do sometimes use things from my life.
Quote examples
Lisa Joy
American Director
I was actually born a robot, so 'Westworld' is just autobiographical.
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