memoir

mémoires, récit autobiographique

Livre dans lequel une personne raconte sa propre vie et ses expériences.

En anglais simple : A book in which someone writes about their own life and experiences.

• She wrote a memoir about her childhood.
• His memoirs describe his years at sea.
• Have you read the actor’s latest memoir?

Synonymes : recollections, autobiography

Expressions courantes : write a memoir, personal memoir, war memoir

biographie

Livre sur une personne, écrit par quelqu’un qui l’a connue ou à partir de récits de gens qui l’ont connue.

En anglais simple : A book about someone’s life, written by someone who knew them or used accounts from people who did.

• Her memoir of her sister is deeply moving.
• He wrote a short memoir of his former teacher.
• The memoir draws on letters from the painter’s friends.

Comment l'utiliser : memoir of someone (He published a memoir of his father.)

Synonymes : biography, life story

Expressions courantes : memoir of someone, biographical memoir