as in biography
an account of a person's life written by the person it is about
I read her autobiography last year and it was surprisingly honest retelling of her rise to fame.
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In addition to his work with the group, Tamblyn released an autobiography, From Squeaky Clean to Dirty Water: My Life with Sixties Garage Rock Trailblazers the Standells, in 2022.
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 24 Mar. 2025
The rights to her 2008 autobiography, Society’s Child, recently reverted to Ian.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2025
When he was eventually talked into writing an autobiography by a journalist friend, Campbell had three goals.
—David Chiu, People.com, 2 Apr. 2025
In his liberating 2003 autobiography Shattered Love, Chamberlain, then 69, came out as gay.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2025
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 24 Mar. 2025
The rights to her 2008 autobiography, Society’s Child, recently reverted to Ian.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2025
When he was eventually talked into writing an autobiography by a journalist friend, Campbell had three goals.
—David Chiu, People.com, 2 Apr. 2025
In his liberating 2003 autobiography Shattered Love, Chamberlain, then 69, came out as gay.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for autobiography
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The wish is revealing—strange and sad, and haunting in ways the biography cannot quite accommodate.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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The Defense Department at one point temporarily removed training videos recognizing the Tuskegee Airmen and an online biography of Jackie Robinson.—
Michael Casey,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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