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  1. Biography | Definition & Examples | Britannica

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

  2. Biography Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

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

  3. biography - Kids | Britannica Kids | Homework Help

    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 …

  4. biography summary | Britannica

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

  5. Biography - Historical, Narrative, Genre | Britannica

    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 famous …

  6. Biography, Definition, Facts, Rise, & Death - Britannica

    Dec 6, 2025 · Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. Hibbert, Christopher, Foot, John. "Benito Mussolini". Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Dec. 2025, …

  7. Biography - Fictionalized, Narrative, Genre | Britannica

    Autobiography, like biography, manifests a wide variety of forms, beginning with the intimate writings made during a life that were not intended (or apparently not intended) for publication.

  8. Wikipedia | Definition, Encyclopedia, History, & Facts | Britannica

    Dec 7, 2025 · Wikipedia is a free Internet-based encyclopedia, started in 2001, that operates under an open-source management style.

  9. Biography - Psychological, Narrative, Genre | Britannica

    Biography, while related to history in its search for facts and its responsibility to truth, is truly a branch of literature because it seeks to elicit from facts, by selection and design, the illusion of a life actually …

  10. autobiography - Students | Britannica Kids | Homework Help

    The life story of an individual, as written by himself, is called autobiography. It differs from biography in that the person presents himself to his readers as he views…