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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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Maya Angelou’s autobiography “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” was included in the purge; Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” was not.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

While still at Real Sociedad in 2013, Griezmann revealed in his autobiography that he came close to joining Arsenal and playing under Arsene Wenger.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

It seems unlikely that such a hodgepodge could offer the thoroughness of a traditional autobiography, but “Small Town Girls” does.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The daily diary is distinct from a formal autobiography.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

When I decided to compose this intellectual autobiography, a New York editor told me that I would embark on a lonely journey.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez




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