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

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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.

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@charlie_black nigga, the fukk u still doin' up?! LOL... I'm researching and reading biographies and whatnot
ooohhCola (Colanthony Humphrey) Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:28:18 -0000
@charlie_black nigga, the fukk u still doin' up?! LOL... I'm researching and reading biographies and whatnot
@cynthia636 bleh ik was klaar met typen en wiki zegt: writing biographies is strongly discouraged... pff probeer jij het maar haha
CynthiaRutjens (Cynthia Rutjens) Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:18:29 -0000
@cynthia636 bleh ik was klaar met typen en wiki zegt: writing biographies is strongly discouraged... pff probeer jij het maar haha
@AidenPayne I try to get into the biographies and such, but I always want to call "bullshit." I dont have that prob with fic :)
AmberRiver (Amber) Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:37:17 -0000
@AidenPayne I try to get into the biographies and such, but I always want to call "bullshit." I dont have that prob with fic :)
reading the biographies of henry viii's wives makes me want to go visit his grave just so i can flip him the bird in person.
irritablevowel (Annie Wu) Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:05:12 -0000
reading the biographies of henry viii's wives makes me want to go visit his grave just so i can flip him the bird in person.
@LilWaistBigAss but I only read health/fitness/nutrition mags& books, or biographies- cuz I always wonder what goes on in ppl's heads!
mOtOjUnKiE1000 (•denise•nicole•™) Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:55:11 -0000
@LilWaistBigAss but I only read health/fitness/nutrition mags& books, or biographies- cuz I always wonder what goes on in ppl's heads!
Best Books of 2009: Biographies & Memoirs Top 10 http://bit.ly/8djVB1
GAWaldenmeier (Guido A Waldenmeier) Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:33:37 -0000
Best Books of 2009: Biographies & Memoirs Top 10 http://bit.ly/8djVB1

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