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- This is an article on biographies. For the television series, see Biography (television program).
Biography (from the Greek words bios meaning life, and graphein meaning write) is a genre of literature and other forms of media like film, based on the written accounts of individual lives. While a biography may focus on a subject of fiction or non-fiction, the term is usually in reference to non-fiction. As opposed to a profile or curriculum vitae, a biography develops complex insight and highlights different textures of personality including intimate details of experiences. A biography is more than a list of impersonal facts like birth, education, work, relationships and death. It also delves into the emotions of experiencing such events.
Early forms
The first known biographies were written by scribes commissioned by the various rulers of antiquity: ancient Assyria, ancient Babylonia, ancient Egypt, ancient Mesopotamia, among others. Such biographies tended to be chiseled into stone or clay tablets, a method called cuneiform. More on [ Biography ]
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watching the biography of Keith Haring. Such an icon.
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watching the biography of Keith Haring. Such an icon.
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African American Women Writers of the 19th century biographies - Over 20 biographies of African American women writers of the 19th century.
Biography and Biographies - A collection of biographies describing the influential lives of famous people in past and present times.
Meta Description: [ Biography and biographies all about everyone ]
Biography Project - Describes the influence of authors, artists, scientists, film makers and others on underground culture. Links, life and works.
Meta Description: [ The Biography Project, an ongoing effort to catalog and document the influence of authors, artists, scientists, film makers and others on underground culture. Links, biographical info, biblio/disc/filmographies, et cetera. ]
Biogs.com - Biographies of authors and other famous people that provide a flavour of the personality as well as relating the key events in the subjects' lives.
Meta Description: [ Informative and reliable biographies of famous people and celebrities ]
Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online - This site contains biographies of people who played an important role in the formation of what is now Canada.
Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove of Scientific Biography - Written and maintained by the author as a public service for scientific knowledge and education.
Meta Description: [ Eric Weisstein's World of Biography ]
Erowid Character Vaults - Information about visionary characters including biographies, publication lists, articles and links.
Meta Description: [ Biographies, images and general information about authors, spiritual leaders, political figures and cultural icons. ]
Famous writers - Find biographies for writers like jk rowling, stephen king, william shakespeare, charles dickens, michael crichton and more.
Meta Description: [ Find biographies for writers like jk rowling, stephen king, william shakespeare, charles dickens, michael crichton and more. Find famous writers, writers resources, writers forums. ]
HistoryLink101 Biography - Here you can be connected to quality historical biographical sites on the web by culture.
Meta Description: [ Links to pages which connect you to Historical Biographies categorized by culture. ]
Ian Campbell Thomson - A biography of the author of the Hired Lad, and other books.
Meta Description: [ Brought up in Scotland with my father a Borders man, and my mother from Skye, I was a bothy dwelling farmworker for nine years followed by College on a scholarship and work as a farm manager in Surrey, then small farming in Devon and finally to Zambia building a sow unit and growing maize and sun... ]
Martin Shaw Scrapbook - Unofficial fan site dedicated to actor Martin Shaw.
Meta Description: [ Martin Shaw Scrapbook Unofficial fan site ]
NNDB - Tracking the entire world.
Richard Taha, Author - The official site of author and photographer Richard Taha.
Meta Description: [ The website maintained by the Author Richard Taha ]
Sherwood Times - Newspaper dating from 1190 includes Tales of Robin Hood, Richard the Lionheart and biographies of famous Nottinghamshire characters - D.H.Larence, and Lord Byron.
Meta Description: [ Robin Hood and Richard the Lionheart feature in Sherwood Times, including songs from the The Robin Hood Musical, songs of Sherwood Times and songs from The Wind in the Willows. Also featuring Lord Byron, D.H.Lawrence, Alan Sillitoe, Eric Coates, Bendigo, Harold Larwood, General Booth, Albert Ba... ]
Sylvanus Griswold Morley Autobiography - A Non-Transcendental Autobiography of Sylvanus Griswold Morley, professor of Spanish at UC Berkeley.
Meta Description: [ New England, Europe, and American
West in the 19th century. ]
The Classical Fiction Writers - Biographies of the classical fiction writers, including Balzac, Conrad, and Steinbeck.
Meta Description: [ Biographies of the Classical Fiction Writers. ]
The Diary Junction - A major new (non-commercial) internet resource providing information on, and links for, over 300 historical and literary diarists
Meta Description: [ The Diary Junction. Information and internet links for historical and literary diaries and diarists. Site created by Paul K Lyons ]
The Sound of Sight - This is a story of a boy, born out of catastrophe, nourished by the love of his family and the concern of his community.
Meta Description: [ Neil Halford - The Sound of Sight ]
Vandergrift's Biography and Autobiography Page - A brief page on biographical/auto-biographical writing geared towards teaching young people.
Women's Travel Writing, 1830-1930 - Over two dozen travel diaries, journals, and publications by women ranging from Elizabeth Bisland to Irene Wright.
Writers on Writing - Biographys of writers conducted during Writers’ Week at the Adelaide Festival of Arts 2000.
Meta Description: [ Writers on Writing: The Writers. This series explores the craft of writing including interviews with many authors at Writers' Week 2000 ]
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