memoir

回想録、自伝

自分の人生や経験について書いた本。

やさしい英語で： 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?

類義語： recollections, autobiography

よく使う表現： write a memoir, personal memoir, war memoir

伝記

本人を知る人が書く、または知人の証言をもとに書く、その人の人生の本。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： memoir of someone (He published a memoir of his father.)

類義語： biography, life story

よく使う表現： memoir of someone, biographical memoir