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The Life of P.T. Barnum, Written by Himself: 1855 Kit Carson: Memoirs: 1856 Harriet Jacobs: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: 1861 John Henry Newman: Apologia Pro Vita Sua: 1864 Harriet Martineau: Harriet Martineau's Autobiography: 1887 Thomas Henry Huxley: Autobiography: 1890 Stendhal: The Life of Henry Brulard: 1890 Stendhal: Memoirs of ...
Akhada: The Authorized Biography of Mahavir Singh Phogat: 2016: The biography of Mahavir Singh Phogat, popularized by the 2016 hit Hindi film Dangal: My many Trysts with God 2019 Autobiography - Adisakrit Publishing: Sonu Sood: I Am No Messiah: 2020 Ranjan Gogoi: Justice for the Judge: 2021 Dagdu Maruti Pawar: Baluta: 1978: Annabhau Sathe ...
Ivar Eskeland (Nw, 1927–2005) – decorated with the Order of the Falcon and winner of the Bastian Prize for his biographies of Gisle Straume and Snorri Sturluson; Wayne Federman (US, born 1959) – Pete Maravich; Elaine Feinstein (En, 1930–2019) – Marina Tsvetaeva, Pushkin, Ted Hughes; Mary Fels (US, 1863–1953) – Joseph Fels
In 1998 Freedman received the Children's Literature Legacy Award from the professional children's librarians, which recognizes a living author or illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have made "a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children".
This is a list of notable books by young authors and of books written by notable writers in their early years. These books were written, or substantially completed, before the author's twentieth birthday. Alexandra Adornetto (born 18 April 1994) wrote her debut novel, The Shadow Thief, when she was 13. It was published in 2007.
Writing journals became a solace for many of the students, and because the journals were shared anonymously, teenagers who once refused to speak to someone of a different race became like a family. [4] In the fall of 1995, Gruwell gave each of her students a bag full of new books and had them make a toast for change.
The author of the biographies was Rev. Dr. William J. Simmons, president of the State University of Kentucky. Based on primary source material such as "speeches, sermons, and articles,", [1] Simmons wrote short biographies of many prominent African-American men and historic figures, such as Crispus Attucks, Frederick Douglass, Henry Highland Garnet, and Alexander Crummell, as well as lesser ...
Part One of the Autobiography is addressed to Franklin's son William, at that time (1771) Royal Governor of New Jersey.While in England at the estate of the Bishop of St Asaph in Twyford, the 65-year-old Franklin begins by describing his parents and grandparents, recounting his childhood, expressing his fondness for reading, and narrating his apprenticeship to his brother James Franklin, a ...