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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 |
{{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), a biography also portrays a subject's experience of these events. Unlike a profile or ] (]), a biography presents a subject's life story, highlighting various aspects of his or her life, including intimate details of experience, and may include an analysis of a 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 ] known as biography. | 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 a biography. | ||
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An ''']''' is about the life of a subject, written by that subject or sometimes with a collaborator. An '''authorized biography''' is written with the permission, cooperation, and, at times, participation of a subject or a subject's heirs. | ||
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Autobiography
A biography is a detailed description or account of someone's life. More than a list of basic facts (education, work, relationships, and death), a biography also portrays a subject's experience of these events. Unlike a profile or curriculum vitae (résumé), a biography presents a subject's life story, highlighting various aspects of his or her life, including intimate details of experience, and may include an analysis of a 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 a biography.
An autobiography is about the life of a subject, written by that subject or sometimes with a collaborator. An authorized biography is written with the permission, cooperation, and, at times, participation of a subject or a subject's heirs.
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- Note. A list of images for this introduction is at Portal:Biography/Intro/Image.