What does autobiography mean?

Answer 1

Autobiographies are biographies, or essentially, life stories, written by the subject. That is, they are telling their own story of their own life, including interesting facts, anecdotes, who they are, what they've done, what's important to them, their world outlook, and their view of the future.

Some autobiographies are of famous people, but anyone can write an autobiography as long as they are willing to share their personal journey in published form. Some such autobiographies of non-famous people have later found fame, as in the case of Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes.

Autobiographies are non-fiction. A sub-genre is the fictional autobiography, in which a fictional character tells the story of his or her life, for example, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. In this genre the author uses the style of an autobiography to tell a fictional story.

Answer 2

Autobiographies are biographies, or essentially, life stories, written by the subject. That is, they are telling their own story of their own life, including interesting facts, anecdotes, who they are, what they've done, what's important to them, their world outlook, and their view of the future.

Some autobiographies are of famous people, but anyone can write an autobiography as long as they are willing to share their personal journey in published form. Some such autobiographies of non-famous people have later found fame, as in the case of Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes.

Autobiographies are non-fiction. A sub-genre is the fictional autobiography, in which a fictional character tells the story of his or her life, for example, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. In this genre the author uses the style of an autobiography to tell a fictional story.

Answer 3

An autobiography is a self-written biography - the story of a person's own life, as opposed to being recounted by another individual.