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autobiographer

American  
[aw-tuh-bahy-ahg-ruh-fer] / ˌɔ təˌbaɪˈɑg rə fər /

noun

autobiographers plural
  1. a person who writes an autobiography.


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Emanuel Derman is the remarkable author and subject: a Bell Labs-caliber physicist turned Wall Street quant turned professor of financial engineering turned autobiographer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

Roughly a decade before Stephen Sondheim died in November 2021, he added a surprising new occupation to his multi-hyphenate career: autobiographer.

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2022

Singh, whose verified Twitter profile calls him a saint, philanthropist, sportsman, actor, singer, movie director, writer, lyricists, and autobiographer, has been photographed with senior BJP leaders including Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar.

From Reuters • Aug. 27, 2017

I usually place my penalties," she wrote in her autobiographer, Footballer, "but this time, due to where I was at with the ankle, I was angry and decided to go for power.

From The Guardian • Mar. 29, 2013

Our autobiographer gives us a plain, blunt, not to say bald record of what must have been an interesting life.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, November 24, 1920 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

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