as in autobiographer
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Recent Examples of memoirist
The celebrated poet and memoirist, delves into the agonies of her decision and describes the emerging women’s liberation movement, of which Moore would soon become a participant.
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Literary Hub, 20 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
Also this week, George McNally, son of legendary restaurateur, memoirist and Instagram raconteur Keith McNally, will open his first restaurant.
—Li Goldstein, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Dec. 2025
Sanmao is the pen name for the late Taiwanese memoirist Chen Ping.
—Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2025
Literary Hub, 20 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
Also this week, George McNally, son of legendary restaurateur, memoirist and Instagram raconteur Keith McNally, will open his first restaurant.
—Li Goldstein, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Dec. 2025
Sanmao is the pen name for the late Taiwanese memoirist Chen Ping.
—Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 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
Noun
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The novelist, journalist and broadcaster picks five of his favourite books.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
27 Mar. 2026
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Brown, who later became a successful commercial novelist, found the movie literally oppressive.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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While the hero existed — as did Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, or at least musketeers with similar names — most of the actual stories are invented, either by the sensationalist biographer or Dumas himself.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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As Truell takes a Zoom call, the image of Caro—legendary biographer of Lyndon Johnson and Robert Moses, known for his exhaustive, decades-long research—looms over his shoulder, sweatered, bespectacled, writing intently.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The journalist and storyteller has launched Do Good Crew, a new media company built around his podcast, The Person Who Believed in Me, along with a newsletter and live events.—
H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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Are there storytellers who influenced you?—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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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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The collaboration between the Hollywood actor and the celebrated essayist sounds like its own meet-cute, and the origin story is almost as entertaining as the book promises to be.—
Hanna Wickes,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Mar. 2026
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Hurtubise is a novelist, essayist, and artist.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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 2 Apr. 2026.
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