Memoir
noun
A book a person writes about their own life.
He wrote a memoir about his experiences in the war.
Often appears as...
- write a memoir
- publish a memoir
noun
A record or report of events or things.
The company's records contain a memoir of its establishment.
Often appears as...
- prepare a memoir
- a memoir of events
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
Historically, a written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a petition to an authority.
The council received a memoir from the residents about the proposed changes.
Often appears as...
- submit a memoir
- a memoir to authority
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Legal
noun
A book a person writes about their own life.
He wrote a memoir about his experiences in the war.
Often appears as...
- write a memoir
- publish a memoir
noun
A record or report of events or things.
The company's records contain a memoir of its establishment.
Often appears as...
- prepare a memoir
- a memoir of events
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
Historically, a written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a petition to an authority.
The council received a memoir from the residents about the proposed changes.
Often appears as...
- submit a memoir
- a memoir to authority
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Legal
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Personal Narrative
A memoir often contains emotional stories and personal reflections, not just facts.
Her memoir gave us insight into her personal journey of growth.
Pro Tip 2/3Authors Perspective
Memoirs are subjective, emphasizing the author's own experiences and opinions.
His memoir painted a vivid picture of his life in the city.
Pro Tip 3/3Specific Focus
While covering one's life, memoirs usually focus on a specific aspect or period.
The memoir focused solely on her years spent abroad.
Pro Tip 1/3Personal Narrative
A memoir often contains emotional stories and personal reflections, not just facts.
Her memoir gave us insight into her personal journey of growth.
Pro Tip 2/3Authors Perspective
Memoirs are subjective, emphasizing the author's own experiences and opinions.
His memoir painted a vivid picture of his life in the city.
Pro Tip 3/3Specific Focus
While covering one's life, memoirs usually focus on a specific aspect or period.
The memoir focused solely on her years spent abroad.
Pro Tip 1/3Personal Narrative
A memoir often contains emotional stories and personal reflections, not just facts.
Her memoir gave us insight into her personal journey of growth.
Pro Tip 2/3Authors Perspective
Memoirs are subjective, emphasizing the author's own experiences and opinions.
His memoir painted a vivid picture of his life in the city.
Pro Tip 3/3Specific Focus
While covering one's life, memoirs usually focus on a specific aspect or period.
The memoir focused solely on her years spent abroad.
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Learning from past...
darkest days of the war his story would be told so as for that second sphere not of work but of love encompassing family friends and colleagues it too takes work and commitment the Lyndon Johnson that I saw in the last years of his life when I helped him on his memoirs was a man who
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The surprising decline...
and journalism and memoirs and realistic fiction and travel and literacy, which allows you to project yourself into the lives of other people that formerly you may have treated as subhuman, and also to realize the accidental contingency of your own station in life,
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The electrifying...
Truth was confident God would protect her, but some crowds responded to her bravery with violence. During one of her sermons, a mob of white men threatened to set fire to the tent where she was speaking. In her memoir, Truth recalled steeling herself to confront
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The meaning of life...
to study at university, and write memoirs, fiction and philosophy. But the risks she was taking by embracing this lifestyle were lost on many of her male counterparts, who took these freedoms for granted. They had no intellectual interest in de Beauvoir’s work,
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The journey through loss...
the same documentaries, the same music. Music was a huge part of our life together. And we shared the same values. We were in love, and our love grew stronger up until her last day. Amy was a prolific author. In addition to two groundbreaking memoirs,
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How cults rewire the...
There was a burning question though that would not leave me. And that was, "How did this happen to me?" And in fact, what did happen to my brain? Because something did. And so I decided to write a book, a memoir, about this decade of my life.
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The main editor guy sat me down and talked to me for a long time, trying to convince me I had a book in me about my life as a swimmer. You know, like a memoir. The whole time he was talking to me,
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My year reading a book...
or memoir from every country in the world. And so I did. And it was very exciting and I learned some remarkable things and made some wonderful connections that I want to share with you today.
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How to disrupt...
recently published my first book a memoir entitled form brights a young girl's journey from nothing to something in America the book is deeply personal after some thoughts I decided to
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Learning from past...
darkest days of the war his story would be told so as for that second sphere not of work but of love encompassing family friends and colleagues it too takes work and commitment the Lyndon Johnson that I saw in the last years of his life when I helped him on his memoirs was a man who
Video examples
The surprising decline...
and journalism and memoirs and realistic fiction and travel and literacy, which allows you to project yourself into the lives of other people that formerly you may have treated as subhuman, and also to realize the accidental contingency of your own station in life,
Video examples
The electrifying...
Truth was confident God would protect her, but some crowds responded to her bravery with violence. During one of her sermons, a mob of white men threatened to set fire to the tent where she was speaking. In her memoir, Truth recalled steeling herself to confront
Video examples
The meaning of life...
to study at university, and write memoirs, fiction and philosophy. But the risks she was taking by embracing this lifestyle were lost on many of her male counterparts, who took these freedoms for granted. They had no intellectual interest in de Beauvoir’s work,
Video examples
The journey through loss...
the same documentaries, the same music. Music was a huge part of our life together. And we shared the same values. We were in love, and our love grew stronger up until her last day. Amy was a prolific author. In addition to two groundbreaking memoirs,
Video examples
How cults rewire the...
There was a burning question though that would not leave me. And that was, "How did this happen to me?" And in fact, what did happen to my brain? Because something did. And so I decided to write a book, a memoir, about this decade of my life.
Video examples
A Man of the World PIPE...
the world in code it's ironic i mean it's ironic but that hasn't stopped him from publishing a new memoir titled a man of the world to compose it he enlarged the font big enough on his computer so he could make
Video examples
The beauty of being a...
The main editor guy sat me down and talked to me for a long time, trying to convince me I had a book in me about my life as a swimmer. You know, like a memoir. The whole time he was talking to me,
Video examples
My year reading a book...
or memoir from every country in the world. And so I did. And it was very exciting and I learned some remarkable things and made some wonderful connections that I want to share with you today.
Video examples
How to disrupt...
recently published my first book a memoir entitled form brights a young girl's journey from nothing to something in America the book is deeply personal after some thoughts I decided to
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Isabel Allende
Chilean Writer
A memoir forces me to stop and remember carefully. It is an exercise in truth. In a memoir, I look at myself, my life, and the people I love the most in the mirror of the blank screen. In a memoir, feelings are more important than facts, and to write honestly, I have to confront my demons.
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James Frey
American Writer
Some people think memoirs should be held to a perfect journalistic standard. Some people don't. Obviously I don't. My goal was never to create or to write a perfect journalistic standard of my life. It was always to be as literature.
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Zawe Ashton
English Actress
If people call my book an actor's memoir I will be very upset. I can't bear anything too literal, so it has elements of truth and elements of fiction sitting side by side.
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Jeannette Walls
American Writer
One of the most challenging aspects of writing a memoir is finding your own voice, and you should be very careful about being influenced by someone else's voice.
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Koren Zailckas
American Writer
When you are writing a memoir, you have the advantage of knowing how it all ends. It's just taking your life apart and putting it together again.
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Isabel Gillies
American Actress
I've always liked the idea of memoirs, going into someone else's life, going through someone else's day and getting out of your own head.
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Jane Fonda
American Actress
Through therapy and a lot of thinking and writing my memoirs, I've been able to use my life as a lesson.
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Gore Vidal
American Novelist
I've yet to read a memoir by anyone I've known at all well that came anywhere near to the truth.
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Greil Marcus
American Author
People write memoirs - this is my take, anyway - out of a great sense of self-importance.
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Elie Wiesel
American Novelist
I will say, with memoir, you must be honest. You must be truthful.
Quote examples
Isabel Allende
Chilean Writer
A memoir forces me to stop and remember carefully. It is an exercise in truth. In a memoir, I look at myself, my life, and the people I love the most in the mirror of the blank screen. In a memoir, feelings are more important than facts, and to write honestly, I have to confront my demons.
Quote examples
James Frey
American Writer
Some people think memoirs should be held to a perfect journalistic standard. Some people don't. Obviously I don't. My goal was never to create or to write a perfect journalistic standard of my life. It was always to be as literature.
Quote examples
Zawe Ashton
English Actress
If people call my book an actor's memoir I will be very upset. I can't bear anything too literal, so it has elements of truth and elements of fiction sitting side by side.
Quote examples
Jeannette Walls
American Writer
One of the most challenging aspects of writing a memoir is finding your own voice, and you should be very careful about being influenced by someone else's voice.
Quote examples
Koren Zailckas
American Writer
When you are writing a memoir, you have the advantage of knowing how it all ends. It's just taking your life apart and putting it together again.
Quote examples
Isabel Gillies
American Actress
I've always liked the idea of memoirs, going into someone else's life, going through someone else's day and getting out of your own head.
Quote examples
Jane Fonda
American Actress
Through therapy and a lot of thinking and writing my memoirs, I've been able to use my life as a lesson.
Quote examples
Gore Vidal
American Novelist
I've yet to read a memoir by anyone I've known at all well that came anywhere near to the truth.
Quote examples
Greil Marcus
American Author
People write memoirs - this is my take, anyway - out of a great sense of self-importance.
Quote examples
Elie Wiesel
American Novelist
I will say, with memoir, you must be honest. You must be truthful.
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