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| {{Portal:Biography/Intro/Image}}A ''']''' is a detailed description or account of someone's life. More than a list of basic facts (education, work, relationships, and death), biography also portrays the subject's experience of those events. Unlike a profile or ] (]), a biography presents the subject's life story, highlighting various aspects of his or her life, including intimate details of experience, and may include an analysis of the subject's personality. | |||
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| </div>''']''' (from the ] words ''bíos'' (βίος), meaning 'life', and ''gráphein'' (γράφειν), meaning 'to write') is a genre of ] or ] which presents a relatively full account of the most interesting and important events of a notable person's life. While a biography may focus on a ]al person, the term usually refers to non-fiction works. As opposed to summaries of people's lives, such as ]s or ], a biography is a continuous narrative which interprets and explains the person's character, personality, and social context. | |||
| Biographical works are usually non-fiction, but fiction can also be used to portray a person's life. One in-depth form of biographical coverage is called legacy writing. Biographical works in diverse media—from literature to film—form the ] known as biography. | |||
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| An ''']''' is written by the subject him or herself. An '''authorized biography''' is written with the cooperation of family and heirs, or of the subject if alive. | |||
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Lives of the Artists
A biography is a detailed description or account of someone's life. More than a list of basic facts (education, work, relationships, and death), biography also portrays the subject's experience of those events. Unlike a profile or curriculum vitae (résumé), a biography presents the subject's life story, highlighting various aspects of his or her life, including intimate details of experience, and may include an analysis of the subject's personality.
Biographical works are usually non-fiction, but fiction can also be used to portray a person's life. One in-depth form of biographical coverage is called legacy writing. Biographical works in diverse media—from literature to film—form the genre known as biography.
An autobiography is written by the subject him or herself. An authorized biography is written with the cooperation of family and heirs, or of the subject if alive.
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- Note. A list of images for this introduction is at Portal:Biography/Intro/Image.