Biography, form of literature, commonly considered nonfictional, the subject of which is the life of an individual.

biography, Form of nonfictional literature whose subject is the life of an individual. The earliest biographical writings probably were funeral speeches and inscriptions.

The literature of hagiography embraces acts of the martyrs (i.e., accounts of their trials and deaths); biographies of saintly monks, bishops, princes, or virgins; and accounts of miracles …

BIOGRAPHY meaning: the story of a real person's life written by someone other than that person

One kind of nonfiction book is called a biography. A biography is about a person’s life. (An autobiography is a book about a person’s life written by that person.) A biography is written by …

A narrative that records the actions and recreates the personality of an individual is called a biography (from a Greek term meaning “life-writing”). An individual who writes…

Biography - Historical, Narrative, Genre: In the Western world, biographical literature can be said to begin in the 5th century bce with the poet Ion of Chios, who wrote brief sketches of such …

Steve Jobs was the cofounder of Apple Computer, Inc. (now Apple Inc.), and a charismatic pioneer of the...

Explore biographies; artists, painters, architects, sculptors, photographers, educators, actors, composers, directors, presidents, prime ministers, Nobel Prize winners, generals, writers, …

Nov 28, 2025 · John Brown was a militant American abolitionist and veteran of Bleeding Kansas whose raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859 and subsequent …