FORMS AND TYPES OF CREATIVE NON FICTION

AUTOBIOGRAPHY/ BIOGRAPHY

Definition of Biography

A biography also referred as ‘bio’ is a detailed account of a person’s life written or produced by another person. It gives an elaborate information regarding the birthplace, educational background, work, relationships and demise of the person concerned. It presents the subject’s intimate details about life, focusing on the highs and lows and analysing their whole personality.

A biography is usually in the written form but can also be made in other forms of a music composition or literature to film interpretation.

It is the recreation of the life of an individual composed of words by another person. The author collects every single detail about the subject and presents those facts in the biography, which are relevant and interesting, to engross the readers in the story.

Definition of Autobiography

An autobiography is the life sketch of a person written by that person himself or herself. The word auto means ‘self.’ Therefore, autobiography contains all the elements of a biography but composed or narrated by the author himself. He/She may write on their own or may hire ghostwriters to write for them.

An autobiography presents the narrator’s character sketch, the place where he is born and brought up, his education, work, life experiences, challenges, and achievements. This may include events and stories of his childhood, teenage, and adulthood.

BASIS FOR COMPARISON	BIOGRAPHY	AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Meaning	Biography refers to an account that tells someone else's life story.	Autobiography means an account that tells your life story.
Authorization	Can be written, with or without the authorization of the subject.	Not required
Written in	Third person	First person
Purpose	To inform	To express and inform
Outlook	Based on facts collected by the author.	Full of emotions and thoughts.

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