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What is the Difference Between a Biography and an Autobiography?
22
Mar
2019
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A BIOGRAPHY AND AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY?
In our previous blog, we discussed the difference between an autobiography and a memoir, but what is the difference between an autobiography and a biography?
Well, both are written accounts of a person’s life. There are some big differences that set them apart from each other, though.
A biography:
- Is the story of a person’s life
- Is generally written by a person who did an in-depth study of someone else’s life
- Can be written with or without the consent of the subject
- Is based on facts about the subject’s life
- Is usually written in third person
- Is objective
- Has the purpose of informing the audience
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An autobiography:
- Is the story of one’s own life
- Is generally written by (or with the help of) the subject matter
- Is usually written in first person
- Is based on facts about the subject’s life
- Can also include the subject’s thoughts and feelings about the events in their life
- Is subjective
- Has the purpose of informing and explaining the motivation behind the subject’s actions
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