autobiographer
Americannoun
plural
autobiographersExample Sentences
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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
Over the weekend, the New Yorker ran a 1,000-word paragraph, penned by autobiographer Karl Ove Knausgaard, impugning the honor of dogs.
From Slate • Aug. 24, 2018
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
There was a quality in that autobiography which seemed to demand parody, and no doubt the autobiographer who cannot wait for posterity and perspective will pardon a little contemporary distortion.
From Marge Askinforit by Pain, Barry
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