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Angelou (1928–2014) is best known for her first autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969). The rest of the books in her series are Gather Together in My Name (1974), Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas (1976), The Heart of a Woman (1981), All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes (1986), A Song Flung Up to Heaven ...
Johnson analyses diaries, letters, and formal autobiographies of queer modernist writers but she also references fictional works. [4] Johnson said the "queer autobiography" as a subgenre of autobiography can also be applied to queer autobiografiction as a subgenre of autobiografiction; [3] several factors analysed by Johnson that influence ...
The term "fictional autobiography" signifies novels about a fictional character written as though the character were writing their own autobiography, meaning that the character is the first-person narrator and that the novel addresses both internal and external experiences of the character.
Wallace was born and raised in Chickasha, Oklahoma.He studied professional writing at the University of Oklahoma.He then got a B.S. in Elementary Education from The University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma in 1971 and an M.S. in Elementary Administration from SWOSU in 1974. [2]
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 ...
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas is a book by Gertrude Stein, written in October and November 1932 and published in 1933. [1] It employs the form of an autobiography authored by Alice B. Toklas, her life partner. In 1998, Modern Library ranked it as one of the 20 greatest English-language nonfiction books of the 20th century. [2]
Gary D. Schmidt was born in Hicksville, New York, in 1957.According to Schmidt, he was named after gameshow host Garrison Moore. [7] As a child, Schmidt says he was underestimated by teachers at an elementary school where students were classified by aptitude.
Playing It My Way is the autobiography of former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar.It was launched on 5 November 2014 in Mumbai. [3] [4] [5] The book summarises Tendulkar's early days, his 24 years of international career and aspects of his life that have not been shared publicly. [6]