as in autobiographer
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Recent Examples of memoirist
The galleries were connected through a series of routes led by curators and notable arts figures, including Lauren Cuthbertson, a principal dancer with London’s Royal Ballet, and memoirist Alice Hattrick.
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George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 10 June 2026
Gray, one of our last great American traditionalists, has also become a particularly resourceful memoirist, though what’s onscreen never feels like a retread.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 May 2026
Quintessential Millennial Brooklyn jeweler Catbird recently announced a collab with indie popper Japanese Breakfast, aka bestselling memoirist Michelle Zauner.
—Lit Hub Approved, Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
One of Browne’s colleagues was poet and memoirist Patricia Hampl, Regents Professor Emerita of English at the University of Minnesota.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 31 Mar. 2026
For decades, Iranian novelist and memoirist Shahrnush Parsipur wrote under the threat of her country’s oppressive laws.
—Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
But on February 27, fans saw a new side of the memoirist and actor.
—Séraphine Roger, Vanity Fair, 28 Feb. 2026
Just as much an investigator as a memoirist, Nevils attempts to tunnel through the lurid details and the #MeToo boilerplate and unearth something much knottier.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026
George McNally, the son of restaurateur and memoirist Keith McNally, is opening his first restaurant, reported Emily Sundberg on her Substack Feed Me.
—Li Goldstein, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Dec. 2025
George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 10 June 2026
Gray, one of our last great American traditionalists, has also become a particularly resourceful memoirist, though what’s onscreen never feels like a retread.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 May 2026
Quintessential Millennial Brooklyn jeweler Catbird recently announced a collab with indie popper Japanese Breakfast, aka bestselling memoirist Michelle Zauner.
—Lit Hub Approved, Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
One of Browne’s colleagues was poet and memoirist Patricia Hampl, Regents Professor Emerita of English at the University of Minnesota.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 31 Mar. 2026
For decades, Iranian novelist and memoirist Shahrnush Parsipur wrote under the threat of her country’s oppressive laws.
—Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
But on February 27, fans saw a new side of the memoirist and actor.
—Séraphine Roger, Vanity Fair, 28 Feb. 2026
Just as much an investigator as a memoirist, Nevils attempts to tunnel through the lurid details and the #MeToo boilerplate and unearth something much knottier.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026
George McNally, the son of restaurateur and memoirist Keith McNally, is opening his first restaurant, reported Emily Sundberg on her Substack Feed Me.
—Li Goldstein, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for memoirist
Noun
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The long poems pose an additional problem for a biographer: in these retrospective works, written in the seventies and eighties, Schuyler became a late-breaking autobiographer.—
Dan Chiasson,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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Most Black autobiographers never even planned to publish (or thought about publishing) their books commercially.—
Tim Brinkhof,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Dec. 2024
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Spencer went on to marry Raine, Countess of Dartmouth — her mother was the romantic fiction novelist Barbara Cartland, who showered Diana’s world with pulp romance.—
Simon Perry,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
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James Lasdun’s new book, The Family Man, reckons with the Alex Murdaugh murder case, which the poet, novelist, screenwriter, and short-story writer covered for The New Yorker.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
17 June 2026
Noun
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Beatty’s biographer, Peter Biskind, also famously estimated that the number of women Beatty had slept with could be as high as 12,275.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
13 June 2026
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Beatty’s biographer, Peter Biskind, also famously estimated that the number of women Beatty had slept with could be as high as 12,275.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
12 June 2026
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For more than a decade, the Ignite fellowship has brought together storytellers ages 18 to 25 for professional development and community-building.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
15 June 2026
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Cindy was also a gifted storyteller.—
Ann Larson,
Time,
11 June 2026
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With No One Gets To Fall Apart, LaBrie’s memoir writing solidifies her as a powerful memorialist.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Essence,
18 Oct. 2024
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Alan White and famed rock member memorialist Cynthia Plaster Caster.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
2 Dec. 2022
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But only hagiographers believe that one man created today’s France.—
Stephen Kotkin,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Apr. 2024
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William’s hagiographer, the monk Thomas of Monmouth, laid out this unsubstantiated account in excruciating detail, leading to the canonization of the dead boy; like mushrooms after rain, accounts of miracles arose around his tomb.—
Talia Lavin,
The New Republic,
29 Sep. 2020
Noun
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James Baldwin, a poet, activist and essayist, is one of the most influential figures in American history.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
16 June 2026
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There also lies the influence of Chilean essayist Pedro Lemebel, braided into Delgado Lopera’s narrative of a father, Ignacio; his 12-and-a-half-year-old daughter, Valentina; and his trans mother, Mamadora Eléctrica, inspired by the author’s own trans mother, Adela Vázquez.—
Laura Zornosa,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
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As an auto-fictionist or a minimalist—whatever.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Memoirist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memoirist. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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