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      • autobiography, the biography of oneself narrated by oneself. Autobiographical works can take many forms, from the intimate writings made during life that were not necessarily intended for publication (including letters, diaries, journals, memoirs, and reminiscences) to a formal book-length autobiography.
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  2. 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".

  3. Autobiography, the biography of oneself narrated by oneself. Autobiographical works can take many forms, from the intimate writings made during life that were not necessarily intended for publication (including letters, diaries, journals, memoirs, and reminiscences) to a formal book-length autobiography.

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    An autobiography is written by the person themselves, sometimes with the assistance of a collaborator or ghostwriter . History. At first, biographical writings were regarded merely as a subsection of history with a focus on a particular individual of historical importance.

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