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Q: What are two main purposes for reading a biography autobiography or memoir?
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Who wrote Personal History and won a Pulitzer Prize?

Katharine Graham wrote "Personal History." She won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography in 1998 for her memoir.


Who won the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for biography or autobiography?

The 1997 Pulitzer Prize for biography or autobiography was awarded to Frank McCourt for his book "Angela's Ashes."


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What is another name for autobiography?Self-pend is another name, but auto means self so i suppose that you could call it a self-biography would work. :Dmemoir is another word for autobiography


What is the memoir most similar to?

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The memoir is typically not as as the autobiography?

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What is on way in which memoir and autobiography are different?

An autobiography usually covers a longer period of time.


What can you write down in a memoir?

A memoir is a piece of autobiography. You can write down a series of events that is a "meaningful moment" to you. The events must be related.When reading a memoir you'd want to be entertained. Come up with a good opening for your memoir. Write about your talent, hobby, vacation, childhood, or anything you'd like people to know.


How are memoir and autobiography differently?

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What is the difference between memoirs and autobiography?

A memoir is more about one career, as opposed to an autobiography, which is mainly personal. A memoir is usually about a person's career and not so much about their personal life a as an autobiography would be. A memoir is about how someone remembers their life to be and what accomplishments they have made. An autobiography focuses on a person's life usually in chronological order of life events. A memoir would focus on the details of those events. They are both books about first-hand memories of events. An autobiography is a biography of the person writing it. All autobiographies could have the title "The Story of My Life". A memoir, on the other hand, is not about the author, even though it contains first-hand memories of events. The focus is on other more famous people or things caught up in the author's life. So, if you want to know about the life of Santa Claus, you could either read his autobiography, "The Story of My Life", by Santa Claus, or a memoir, "350 Years in Santa's Workshop" by one of the elves.


A story of someone life is a memoir is that right?

It can be, but the story could also be a biography or an autobiography. A memoir is not necessarily about a person's life. It could also be about an historical event or a related series of events - and should be written from personal knowledge or from sources of personal knowledge.


What is a discursive memoir?

The discursive memoir is usually one that discusses topics and events in a non-linear fashion. Frequently, the discussion jumps from topic to topic or thought to thought, instead of marching through events in a sequenced manner from beginning to end.