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autobiography

[aw-tuh-bahy-og-ruh-fee, -bee-, aw-toh-] / ˌɔ tə baɪˈɒg rə fi, -bi-, ˌɔ toʊ- /


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In her autobiography, to be published in early 2027, she says she was a "rebellious little girl", determined to show that people did not need "the right name" to succeed.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

Legendary TV producer Chuck Lorre is opening up about his life like never before with the release of his autobiography, “Sitcom: A Memoir,” pulling back the curtain to reveal details of his personal life.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

Over four decades, his nearly 100 self-portraits constitute an extraordinary autobiography of the artist’s evolving physiognomy and philosophy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

He co-authored an autobiography, released in 2004, titled “Fred Claire: My 30 Years in Dodger Blue.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

This autobiography, moreover, is a book about language.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

The book’s leading actors have been subjects of biographies and autobiographies, and most events have been exhaustively covered in scholarly and popular histories and articles as well as media reports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025

“The projections mirror and amplify that as part of the visual vocabulary, whether that’s Douglass’ newspaper articles or autobiographies, or the text of the Emancipation Proclamation.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2025

"In fact she wrote two autobiographies herself so the story is out there but although she was known completely throughout the Commonwealth she is hardly known today which is sad."

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2024

Chapter 9 is about Frederick Douglass and identity-aware liberalism, as expressed through his autobiographies.

From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2024

In their autobiographies, they recounted great races in intimate detail, but falls and injuries were glossed over with the most perfunctory language.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand


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