biography
Someone's written life
A biography is an account of someone's life written by another person.
The term covers everything from scholarly works to popular celebrity profiles: She's writing a biography of Lincoln.
A biography written by its subject is an autobiography.
The shortened form bio typically refers to brief professional summaries: Update your bio for the conference program.
Factual film about reality
- journalismNews gathering and dissemination
- reportageFactual news writing
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
historian · archivist · letters · diaries · interviews · oral-history · factual · authorized
Coming into the world
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
- upbringingChildhood care and training
- adolescenceTeenage developmental stage
- adulthoodState of being grown
aging · death · milestones · career · education · relationships · family · marriage
Account of events
- accountRecord of dealings
- chronicleOrdered historical record
- memoirWritten personal recollection
- profileSide-facing outline
portrayal · depiction · anecdote · episode · saga · recollection · reminiscence · testimony
Power to affect others
- heroismExceptional courage under duress
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
determination · trailblazer · pioneer · visionary · exemplary · mentorship · empowerment · overcoming
documentary
Factual film about reality
- journalismNews gathering and dissemination
- reportageFactual news writing
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
scholarship · historian · archivist · letters · diaries · interviews · oral-history · factual · authorized · unauthorized
birth
Coming into the world
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
- upbringingChildhood care and training
- adolescenceTeenage developmental stage
adulthood · aging · death · milestones · career · education · relationships · family · marriage · achievements
story
Account of events
profile · portrayal · depiction · anecdote · episode · saga · recollection · reminiscence · testimony · firsthand
influence
Power to affect others
- heroismExceptional courage under duress
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
- ambitionDesire for achievement
perseverance · determination · trailblazer · pioneer · visionary · exemplary · mentorship · empowerment · overcoming · resilience
statesman
Respected political leader
explorer · activist · leader · celebrity · saint · martyr · luminary · notable · dignitary · contemporary
- booksnovel, textbooks, study guides, book, paperback
- genresaction, comedy, detective fiction, fantasy, horror
- literaturebooks, book, fiction, poetry, stories
- nonfictionhistory, memoir, documentary, essay, essays
- -graphiesgeography, photography, typography, cartography, cinematography
- biographiesautobiographies, memoir, memoirs, life stories, life story
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Self-penned life narrative
memoir · self-portrait · confessions · personal narrative · diary
biographyfuture
Time still to come
present · prophecy · forecast · prospectus · speculation
- biographical sketchBrief life account
- personal biographySelf-written life account
- biographical fictionStories imagining real lives
- biographical novelsNovels depicting real lives
- unauthorized biographyLife account lacking subject's approval
- authorized biographyPermitted account of someone's life
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