biography

Biography is a story written about someone's life. (noun)

An example of biography is a book about the story of President Obama's life.

See biography in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the histories of individual lives, considered as a branch of literature
pl. biographies an account of a person's life, described by another; life story

See biography in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(bī-ŏgˈrə-fē)

noun pl. bi·og·ra·phies

An account of a person's life written, composed, or produced by another: a film biography of Adlai Stevenson; an oral biography.
Biographies considered as a group, especially when regarded as a genre.
The writing, composition, or production of biographies: a career entirely devoted to biography.

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