The word autobiography come from the three Greek words autos, bios and graphein, meaning self life write. It is essentially an account of a life written by the one who lived it, or, more simply, a story (partially, wholly or almost all true) told by a person about themselves. Autobiographies are usually based almost entirely on the writer’s memory and so are a good account of events as personally experienced, including emotion, rather than just the bare facts which are found in a less personal biography.
There are a total of four quizzes in our autobiographies section and this is the first one. See if you can remember the titles that the great and the famous gave to their autobiographies and likewise try to recall who wrote the books with the intriguing titles. Have a go and test your knowledge of books written by and about celebrities.
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The book is about Niven's early life. He wrote a sequel Bring on the Empty Horses three years later which covered the later years
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It covers his alcoholism
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The book came out just one year before Dawson's death
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Bonnington's career has seen nineteen trips to the Himalayas including four to Mount Everest. He was also the first person to climb the south face of Annapurna
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In 2005 Beckham said: "I've never read a book in my life"
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He can not be!
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The majority of the book charts the years from her childhood to her becoming Prime Minister in 1979. The latter part of the book was a criticism of her successor John Major
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Groucho claimed it was an unauthorised autobiography
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The book gives us a glimpse of life in the United States during the years of the Great Depression
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In 1999 the book was chosen as one of the "100 Best Spiritual Books of the 20th Century" by a panel of spiritual and religious minds
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