autobiographer
Writer of memoirs
An autobiographer is a person who writes the story of their own life.
The term distinguishes someone writing about themselves from a biographer, who writes about others.
Maya Angelou was both poet and autobiographer.
Author of personal recollections
- narratorOne who tells events
- storytellerOne who recounts tales
- diaristOne who keeps journals
- ghostwriterUncredited hired author
chronicler · essayist · nonfiction · prose · manuscript · drafting · revision · publishing
Written personal history
- reminiscencesSpoken or written memories
- recollectionsRetrieved past experiences
- anecdotesBrief amusing accounts
- confessionalBooth for admitting sins
narrative · testimony · retrospective · vignettes · chronicle · self-portrait · revelations · candid
Examining one's own mind
- self-examinationScrutiny of one's thoughts
- self-analysisScrutinizing one's own psyche
- self-discoveryLearning one's true character
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
soul-searching · self-awareness · self-scrutiny · self-questioning · self-inquiry · reflection · mindfulness · innermost
Life's earliest phase
- youthState of being immature
- adulthoodState of being grown
- milestonesNotable points of progress
- journeyTravel from place to place
experiences · episodes · decades · eras · ancestry · heritage · legacy · achievements
memoirist
Author of personal recollections
- narratorOne who tells events
- storytellerOne who recounts tales
- diaristOne who keeps journals
ghostwriter · chronicler · essayist · nonfiction · prose · manuscript · drafting · revision · publishing · literary
memoirs
Written personal history
- reminiscencesSpoken or written memories
- recollectionsRetrieved past experiences
- anecdotesBrief amusing accounts
confessional · narrative · testimony · retrospective · vignettes · chronicle · self-portrait · revelations · candid · account
self-reflection
Examining one's own mind
- self-examinationScrutiny of one's thoughts
- self-analysisScrutinizing one's own psyche
- self-discoveryLearning one's true character
contemplation · soul-searching · self-awareness · self-scrutiny · self-questioning · self-inquiry · reflection · mindfulness · innermost · self-perception
childhood
Life's earliest phase
- youthState of being immature
- adulthoodState of being grown
- milestonesNotable points of progress
journey · experiences · episodes · decades · eras · ancestry · heritage · legacy · achievements · relationships
- writersauthor, novelist, writer, poet, journalist
- solo speakersstoryteller, orator, lecturer, speaker, narrator
autobiographerbiographer
One who writes lives
hagiographer · ghostwriter · profiler · obituarist · chronicler
- autobiographical novelsFiction based on writer's life
- autobiographical fictionImagined tales from life
- autobiographical writingSelf-narrative prose
- autobiographical essaySelf-written personal account
- autobiography genreLiterary self-documentation category
autobiography, autobiographical, autobiographers, autobiographic