autobiography

[aw-tuh-bahy-og-ruh-fee, -bee-, aw-toh-] /ˌɔ tə baɪˈɒg rə fi, -bi-, ˌɔ toʊ-/
noun, plural autobiographies.
1.
a history of a person's life written or told by that person.
Origin
1790-1800; auto-1 + biography
Related forms
autobiographer, noun
British Dictionary definitions for autobiographies

autobiography

/ˌɔːtəʊbaɪˈɒɡrəfɪ; ˌɔːtəbaɪ-/
noun (pl) -phies
1.
an account of a person's life written or otherwise recorded by that person
Derived Forms
autobiographer, noun
Word Origin and History for autobiographies

autobiography

n.

1797, from auto- + biography. Related: Autobiographical.

autobiographies in Culture

autobiography definition


A literary work about the writer's own life. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and Isak Dinesen's Out of Africa are autobiographical.