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These were often published under the title Autobiography of Maxim Gorky or simply as Autobiography and mentioned as "the autobiographical series" and My Childhood. In the World. My Universities. [1] The first part of Gorky's autobiography, My Childhood, was published in Russian in 1913–14, and in English in 1915. [2] [3] It was republished by ...
Me Talk Pretty One Day, published in 2000, is a collection of essays by American humorist David Sedaris.The book is separated into two parts. The first part consists of essays about Sedaris’s life before his move to Normandy, France, including his upbringing in suburban Raleigh, North Carolina, his time working odd jobs in New York City, and a visit to New York from a childhood friend and ...
Angela's Ashes: A Memoir is a 1996 memoir by the Irish-American author Frank McCourt, with various anecdotes and stories of his childhood. The book details his early childhood in Brooklyn, New York, but focuses primarily on his life in Limerick, Ireland. It also includes his struggles with poverty and his father's alcoholism.
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic is a 2006 graphic memoir by the American cartoonist Alison Bechdel, author of the comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For.It chronicles the author's childhood and youth in rural Pennsylvania, United States, focusing on her complex relationship with her father.
Aké: The Years of Childhood was awarded an Anisfield-Wolf Award in 1983. [ 3 ] Other autobiographical writings by Soyinka include The Man Died (1972), Isara: A Voyage Around "Essay" (1989), Ibadan: The "Penkelemes" Years, A Memoir, 1946–1965 (1994), and You Must Set Forth at Dawn (2006).
The complete title of Chabon's collection is Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son.As the writer explains, the work discusses "being a man in all its complexity — a son, a father, a husband."
My Childhood may refer to: My Childhood (1972), the first in a trilogy of autobiographical films by Scottish filmmaker Bill Douglas; Min Fynske Barndom (1927), by Carl Nielsen, translated into English as My Childhood or as My Childhood Symphony; My Childhood, Detstvo (1914), by Maxim Gorky; See also. Detstvo (1852), by Leo Tolstoy, translated ...
Childhood in literature is a theme within writing concerned with depictions of adolescence. Childhood writing is often told from either the perspective of the child or that of an adult reflecting on their childhood. [1] Novels either based on or depicting childhood present social commentaries rooted in the views and experiences of an individual.