autobiographer
noun
au·to·bi·og·ra·pher
ˌȯ-tə-bī-ˈä-grə-fər 
-bē-
plural autobiographers
: a person who writes their own biography
'I have always been an autobiographer and a chronicler of my life and family,' she [Celia Paul] writes at the start of this memoir …—
Honor Clerk
Honor ClerkWhatever is passed over in silence by an autobiographer should surely be one of the biographer's main areas of concern.—Nicholas Jenkins
Nicholas JenkinsExamples of autobiographer in a Sentence
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Still, for Beyoncé the filmmaker and autobiographer, one narrative-building feat seems to remain out of reach.
—Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2023
John Berger thought the autobiographer was freer than a novelist.
—Sallie Tisdale, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
Special counsel Jack Smith's team has spoken to the meeting's attendees, which included autobiographers for Meadows and at least two aides to Trump, sources tell ABC News.
—Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 26 June 2023
The autobiographer has trumped the biographer.
—BostonGlobe.com, 15 Oct. 2021
But my favorite autobiographer is the one who tells it all.
—Chioma Nnadi, Vogue, 15 Nov. 2021
The erasure of her spelling in the pages of her own memoir may be an indication of how little control this formerly enslaved autobiographer had over her manuscript’s publication.
—The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2021
Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2023
John Berger thought the autobiographer was freer than a novelist.
—Sallie Tisdale, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
Special counsel Jack Smith's team has spoken to the meeting's attendees, which included autobiographers for Meadows and at least two aides to Trump, sources tell ABC News.
—Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 26 June 2023
The autobiographer has trumped the biographer.
—BostonGlobe.com, 15 Oct. 2021
But my favorite autobiographer is the one who tells it all.
—Chioma Nnadi, Vogue, 15 Nov. 2021
The erasure of her spelling in the pages of her own memoir may be an indication of how little control this formerly enslaved autobiographer had over her manuscript’s publication.
—The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2021
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“Autobiographer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/autobiographer. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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