biographical works
Written personal histories
Biographical works are writings that tell the story of a person's life.
The term covers everything from cradle-to-grave biographies to focused memoirs, profiles, and autobiographies.
In library classification and publishing, biographical works distinguishes life narratives from fiction, criticism, or other nonfiction: The collection includes letters, photographs, and biographical works.
- diaryPersonal daily record
- biopicFilm about real life
- journalRecord of daily events
- personal papersIndividual's identifying records
- memoirWritten personal recollection
political figures · oral history · historical fiction · rags to riches · artists · letter · life story · creative nonfiction · case study · career retrospective · manuscript · collected letters · documentary film · behind the scenes · historical accounts · scientists · activists · family history
- literaturebooks, book, fiction, poetry, stories
- Islamic manuscriptshadith, illuminated texts, Arabic calligraphy, Arabic script, chapter headings
- Mughal LiteraturePersian poetry, royal memoirs, court poetry, royal patronage
- Persian poetryPersian poetry, masnavi, Hafiz, Rumi, Omar Khayyam
biographical worksfiction
Imagined narrative work
fantasy · novels · science fiction · fairy tales · fables
biographical workstechnical manuals
Specialized instruction documents
encyclopedias · reference works · statistical reports · philosophical works · natural history
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