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To be a good biographer, you have to be an empiricist. You know, you have to gather the evidence, you have to keep an open mind, and you have to be objective. A memoirist goes in with all the baggage of a bad biographer.
Blake Bailey

Meaning of "memoirist" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MEMOIRIST

memoirist  [ˈmɛmwɑːrɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MEMOIRIST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Memoirist is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MEMOIRIST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

memoirist

Memoir

Memoir, is a literary nonfiction genre. More specifically, it is a collection of memories that an individual writes about moments or events, both public or private that took place in the author's life. The assertions made in the work are understood to be factual. While memoir has historically been defined as a subcategory of autobiography since the late 20th century, the genre is differentiated in form, presenting a narrowed focus. Like most autobiographies, memoirs are written from the first-person point of view. An autobiography tells the story of a life, while memoir tells a story from a life, such as touchstone events and turning points from the author's life. The author of a memoir may be referred to as a memoirist.

Definition of memoirist in the English dictionary

The first definition of memoirist in the dictionary is someone that writes a historical account, esp one based on personal knowledge. Other definition of memoirist is a biographer that bases his work on personal knowledge. Memoirist is also the writer of an essay or monograph, as on a specialized topic.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MEMOIRIST


apriorist
ˌæprɪˈɔːrɪst
aurist
ˈɔːrɪst
auteurist
ɔːˈtɜːrɪst
czarist
ˈzɑːrɪst
Everest
ˈɛvərɪst
florist
ˈflɒrɪst
folklorist
ˈfəʊkˌlɔːrɪst
forest
ˈfɒrɪst
Forrest
ˈfɒrɪst
Gemarist
ɡɛˈmɑːrɪst
guitarist
ɡɪˈtɑːrɪst
interest
ˈɪntrɪst
petaurist
pəˈtɔːrɪst
safarist
səˈfɑːrɪst
sitarist
sɪˈtɑːrɪst
terrorist
ˈtɛrərɪst
tourist
ˈtʊərɪst
tsarist
ˈzɑːrɪst
tzarist
ˈzɑːrɪst
wrist
rɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MEMOIRIST

memo
memo pad
memoir
memoirism
memoirs
memorabile
memorabilia
memorability
memorable
memorableness
memorably
memoranda
memoranda of association
memorandum
memorandum of association
memorandum of understanding
memorandums of association
memorative
memoria technica
memorial

WORDS THAT END LIKE MEMOIRIST

a slap on the wrist
Antichrist
caricaturist
Christ
Eucharist
futurist
grist
horticulturist
humorist
Jesus Christ
jurist
motorist
naturist
optometrist
plein-airist
podiatrist
psychiatrist
satirist
spagirist
theorist

Synonyms and antonyms of memoirist in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «memoirist» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MEMOIRIST

Find out the translation of memoirist to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of memoirist from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «memoirist» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

回忆录
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

memorioso
570 millions of speakers

English

memoirist
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

memoirist
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كاتب المذكرات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мемуарист
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

memorialista
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জীবনীকথা বা স্মৃতিকথা লেখক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mémorialiste
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Memoiris
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

memoirist
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

memoirist
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

memoirist
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Memoirist
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người viết bút ký
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

memoirist
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Memoirist
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

memoirist
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

memorialista
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pamiętnikarz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мемуарист
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

memorialist
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

memoirist
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

memoirist
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

memoirist
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

memoirist
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of memoirist

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MEMOIRIST»

The term «memoirist» is regularly used and occupies the 106.230 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MEMOIRIST» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about memoirist

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3 QUOTES WITH «MEMOIRIST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word memoirist.
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Blake Bailey
To be a good biographer, you have to be an empiricist. You know, you have to gather the evidence, you have to keep an open mind, and you have to be objective. A memoirist goes in with all the baggage of a bad biographer.
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Ayelet Waldman
Where would the memoir be without bipolar writers? I mean, that's what - that whole oversharing thing is really a very clear symptom of bipolar disorder. And I'm not saying that every, you know, I'm not accusing every memoirist of being bipolar. But I think in a way it's kind of a gift.
3
Koren Zailckas
I don't know where the idea originated that memoir writing is cathartic. For me, it's always felt like playing my own neurosurgeon, sans anesthesia. As a memoirist, you have to crack your head open and examine every uncomfortable thing in there.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MEMOIRIST»

Discover the use of memoirist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to memoirist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Memoir and the Memoirist: Reading and Writing Personal ...
Larson guides the reader from the autobiography and the personal essay to the memoir—a genre focused on a particularly emotional relationship in the author’s past, an intimate story concerned more with who is remembering, and why, than ...
Thomas Larson, 2007
2
A Gentleman of Pleasure: One Life of John Glassco, Poet, ...
A Gentleman of Pleasure not only spans Glassco's life but delves into his background as a member of a once prominent and powerful Montreal family.
Brian Busby, 2011
3
The Ambivalent Memoirist: Obsessions Digressions Epiphanies
In The Ambivalent Memoirist Sandra Hurtes asks, "Where is my place?
Sandra Hurtes, 2013
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Irina Odoevtseva, Poet, Novelist, Memoirist: A Literary Portrait
Only the vicissitudes of Soviet and Russian émigré literary politics forestalled the book's immediate and deserved appearance in the early 1980s.
Ėlla Bobrova, Irina Odoevt︠s︡eva, 1996
5
The Art of Writing Badly: Valentin Kataev's Mauvism and the ...
Chapter. Four. The. Solipsist. as. Memoirist. THE SOLIPSIST AS EPISTEMOLOGIST In My Diamond Crown and The Little Iron Door in the Wall, Kataev creates what essentially are subliminal epistemological novels. Kataev chips away at the ...
Richard Chandler Borden, 1999
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History of Oral History: Foundations and Methodology
Each letter concludes by explaining that the oral historian — you — will telephone a few days after the prospective memoirist has received this mailing to explore any concerns about the "basic six" and discuss the when and where questions ...
Thomas L. Charlton, Lois E. Myers, Rebecca Sharpless, 2007
7
The Little Book of Happiness: Quotes by History's Icons, ...
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD (1613-1680) France: Philosopher, maxim author, scholar, memoirist, prince, duke, salonist, soldier, political activist, wit “We are never so happy– nor so unhappy– as we suppose ourselves to be.
Pat Killion Coate, 2006
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Handbook of Oral History
Each letter concludes by explaining that the oral historian — you — will telephone a few days after the prospective memoirist has received this mailing to explore any concerns about the "basic six" and discuss the when and where questions ...
Thomas Lee Charlton, Lois E. Myers, Rebecca Sharpless, 2006
9
Closer to the Truth Than Any Fact: Memoir, Memory, and Jim Crow
23 The literary memoirist is frequently able to capture a sense of the chance, the possibility, and the arbitrariness of life in a way that a historian cannot. Memoirists are able to capture this sense of openness because they are familiar with the ...
Jennifer Jensen Wallach, 2010
10
Intimate Reading: The Contemporary Women's Memoir
What is important . . . must be spoken, made verhal and shared even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood — Audre Lorde, The Cancer Journals Memoirs not only reveal the intimate life of the memoirist, but also lay bare the private ...
Janet Mason Ellerby, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MEMOIRIST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term memoirist is used in the context of the following news items.
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So You Want To Write A Graphic Memoir? This Is How To Get …
Titled "The Art of Telling Your Personal Story in Comics," the class is an online video series created by Eisner-nominated graphic memoirist ... «Tech Times, Jul 15»
2
'Barefoot Contessa' Ina Garten kicks off NYCB Theatre author …
Future dates in series are cartoonist-memoirist Roz Chast (Aug. 20), poet Billy Collins (Sept. 17) and food-policy writer Michael Pollan (Oct. 29). «Newsday, Jul 15»
3
Egyptian-American Feminist Lifts the Veil on Misogyny in the Arab …
... a ground-breaking Chicana (American-born woman of Mexican heritage) poet and memoirist, as well as the Egyptian novelist Alifa Rifaat, ... «Forward, Jul 15»
4
21 Of Our Favorite Events In Los Angeles This Week: LAist
... (author of Some Girls, Pretty), Liana Maeby, debut author of South on Highland and journalist Sarah Tomlinson, debut memoirist of Good Girl. «LAist, Jul 15»
5
Figs: Masculine, Feminine, or Transcendent? - Slog - The Stranger
... research assistant and cut-rate landscaper for a historian and memoirist I still remember very, very fondly. (He spent part of his youth in India, ... «TheStranger.com, Jul 15»
6
Memoirist Kate Braestrup reflects on the anxiety, rewards of seeing a …
Memoirist Kate Braestrup reflects on the anxiety, rewards of seeing a child grow up. The Maine Warden Service chaplain offers a mother's-eye ... «Press Herald, Jul 15»
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At Mayborn conference, writers call for crossing the divide between …
In the final keynote speech of the weekend, journalist and memoirist Alex Tizon on Sunday explained his choice to find the “small slice” of his ... «Dallas Morning News, Jul 15»
8
Fall breezes and 4 gripping reads
A debut novel for Clegg, a literary agent and memoirist (Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man). If you've ever imagined how you could possibly ... «News & Observer, Jul 15»
9
Inaugural poet Richard Blanco to read at Millsaps
Richard Blanco, an inaugural poet, public speaker, teacher and memoirist, is scheduled to appear July 20 at Millsaps College in Jackson. «Jackson Clarion Ledger, Jul 15»
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Book notes: Racing writers honor Kate Reilly, Palin gets new publisher
"Anchor & Flares" by Kate Braestrup (Little, Brown, non-fiction). The popular chaplain and memoirist writes another chapter of her life, this time ... «El Paso Times, Jul 15»

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