An autobiography is a self-written account of one's life. The word "autobiography" was first used deprecatingly by William Taylor in 1797 in the English periodical The Monthly Review, when he suggested the word as a hybrid, but condemned it as "pedantic".

What is an autobiography example?

Autobiography is one type of biography, which tells a life story of its author, meaning it is a written record of the author's life. ... Such stories include Charles Dickens' David Copperfield, and J.D Salinger's The Catcher in The Rye. In writing about personal experience, one discovers himself.

What is autobiography in simple words?

An autobiography is a biography in which the author writes about his or her own life. It is a self-written account of one's own life. ... The word comes from the Greek stems "auto" (meaning "self"), "bio“ (meaning "life"), and "graph" (meaning "write").