Definition of autobiographical in English:
autobiographical
adjective ɔːtəbʌɪəˈɡrafɪk(ə)lˌɔdəbaɪəˈɡræfək(ə)l
(of a written work) dealing with the writer's own life.
an autobiographical account
the book is partly autobiographical
Example sentencesExamples
- He has taken the autobiographical genre and adapted it to suit his own particular requirements.
- Only now do we know just how autobiographical these three novels really were.
- He admits the story is partly autobiographical, drawn from his experiences on the live music scene.
- These stories were written over many years and often rework autobiographical material.
- First, it could well be the case that writers become more autobiographical as time goes on.
- He also wrote an autobiographical novel in the cruel and sentimental manner: characters as puppets on a string.
- Each article is prefaced by an autobiographical account of its genesis and by other retrospective thoughts.
- As she points out, most poets these days begin with autobiographical material.
- He supplies almost no autobiographical material and tries to come across as just a regular guy.
- So it sounds like there is an autobiographical angle to some of the things that you write.
- The most famous published autobiographical accounts of the intercontinental trade were predominately male.
- Much of his work is autobiographical but he says this is his most personal project yet.
- Now she has written an autobiographical novel in an attempt to exorcise her trauma.
- Her autobiographical novel, The Bell Jar, appeared under her own name in 1971.
- There's a lot of people writing very autobiographical songs and I feel I encouraged people to go in that direction.
- Although she insists the book is not based on her own life, the central character is largely autobiographical.
- The stories strike a balance between being autobiographical and being about society at large.
- A few years ago I was supervising a Masters student who was writing an autobiographical novel.
- A lot of the incidents in the book actually happened to him, he concedes: but it is not purely autobiographical.
- Everyone asks her how autobiographical the book is, she says wearily.
Definition of autobiographical in US English:
autobiographical
adjectiveˌôdəbīəˈɡrafək(ə)lˌɔdəbaɪəˈɡræfək(ə)l
(of a written work) dealing with the writer's own life.
an autobiographical account
the book is partly autobiographical
Example sentencesExamples
- He has taken the autobiographical genre and adapted it to suit his own particular requirements.
- He also wrote an autobiographical novel in the cruel and sentimental manner: characters as puppets on a string.
- The stories strike a balance between being autobiographical and being about society at large.
- The most famous published autobiographical accounts of the intercontinental trade were predominately male.
- Only now do we know just how autobiographical these three novels really were.
- He supplies almost no autobiographical material and tries to come across as just a regular guy.
- There's a lot of people writing very autobiographical songs and I feel I encouraged people to go in that direction.
- Now she has written an autobiographical novel in an attempt to exorcise her trauma.
- Her autobiographical novel, The Bell Jar, appeared under her own name in 1971.
- Although she insists the book is not based on her own life, the central character is largely autobiographical.
- A lot of the incidents in the book actually happened to him, he concedes: but it is not purely autobiographical.
- First, it could well be the case that writers become more autobiographical as time goes on.
- Each article is prefaced by an autobiographical account of its genesis and by other retrospective thoughts.
- Everyone asks her how autobiographical the book is, she says wearily.
- These stories were written over many years and often rework autobiographical material.
- He admits the story is partly autobiographical, drawn from his experiences on the live music scene.
- Much of his work is autobiographical but he says this is his most personal project yet.
- So it sounds like there is an autobiographical angle to some of the things that you write.
- A few years ago I was supervising a Masters student who was writing an autobiographical novel.
- As she points out, most poets these days begin with autobiographical material.