autobiographern.
/ˌɔːtə(ʊ)bʌɪˈɒɡrəfə/, U.S. /ˌɔdəˌbaɪˈɑɡrəfər/, /ˌɔdoʊˌbaɪˈɑɡrəfər/, /ˌɑdəˌbaɪˈɑɡrəfər/, /ˌɑdoʊˌbaɪˈɑɡrəfər/ A writer of an autobiography.
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memoir-writer1763
memoirist1769
autobiographer1807
autobiographist1820
reminiscent1822
1807 Eclectic Rev. July 642 No other autobiographer, not even that best of all possible ones, Dr. Pangloss, ever had the fortitude to tell the story of being himself ‘torn limb from limb’.
1829 in A. Mathews Mem. C. Mathews (1839) IV. ii. 23 Mr. Rattle, Autobiographer in Embryo.
1878 J. R. Seeley Life & Times Stein III. 476 The praise of an autobiographer is to reveal what it is the virtue of a man to keep secret.
1960 C. Day Lewis Buried Day i. 25 For the autobiographer, his personality is not the scaffolding but the foundation and fabric of what he tries to build.
1987 M. Warnock Memory vi. 113 Sometimes autobiographers include within their books extracts from their own diaries.
2003 J. Mannion Everything Mafia Bk. 258 Joe Bonanno, like most autobiographers, told the story of his life that he wanted you to hear.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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