Autobiography
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An autobiography is a biography in which the author writes about his or her own life. It is a self-written account of one's own life.
It is one of the earliest form of literature, but the word itself is quite modern.[1]
The word comes from the Greek stems "auto" (meaning "self"), "bio“ (meaning "life"), and "graph" (meaning "write").
Autobiography Media
Saint Augustine of Hippo wrote Confessions, the first Western autobiography ever written, around 400. Portrait by Philippe de Champaigne, 17th century.
Cover of the first English edition of Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, 1793
References
- ↑ Pascal, Roy (1960). Design and truth in autobiography. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
