memoir

mem·oir (mem′wär′, -wôr′)

noun

a biography, usually one written by someone who knew the subject well
an autobiography, esp. one that is objective and anecdotal in emphasis rather than inward and subjective
a report or record of important events based on the writer's personal knowledge
a report or record of a scholarly investigation, scientific study, etc.
the record of the proceedings of a learned society

Etymology: Fr mémoire, masc., a memorandum, memoir, fem., memory < L memoria, memory

Preposition: of

Mrs: Recorded memoirs of Mrs D J Williams, concerning her political career, which began in Scotland.
survey: Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 62.

Converse of object

bestsel: His dark, bestselling memoir Kitchen Confidential is being made into a film starring Brad Pitt.
publish: I had his memoirs published about three years ago.
entitle: Sir Robert Kidd 1 floppy disk containing a short memoir entitled Memories of NUU written by Sir Robert for the Archive.
write: In 1937 Fox had written a memoir of his early years entitled Smokey Crusade.
read: A glimpse of pre-Victorian Wimborne Roger Guttridge has been reading the memoirs of James Druitt by Roger Guttridge on Dec 04.
move: In a moving memoir, she tells of her long struggle to overcome the ' black dog ' .

Adjective modifier

recorded: Recorded memoirs of Glyn Williams, formerly South Wales.
unpublished: Below is Chapter 14 from " Through the Hawse Pipe " which are the unpublished memoirs of Captain Alexander Grant CBE DSC.
poignant: More than 50 years later she went there to see his grave and wrote a poignant memoir of their lost life together.
biographical: Frances was regarded as a model minister's wife and as such was the subject of biographical memoirs after her death.
fictional: People who learn from history won't be so shocked by James Frey and his fictional memoir, A Million Little Lies.
acclaimed: Richard Benson's acclaimed memoir, The Farm, will be discussed on the show on Wednesday 1st February.

Noun used with modifier

aide: Pensions A day tax guidance New An aide memoir to the new pension tax regime from 2006.
cakespart: For cakespart memoir for almost a month because phosphorescence lasted.
childhood: There are child-abuse memoirs, eating-disorder memoirs, and, of course, the miserable Irish childhood memoir.
prison: I found the quote in a very unlikely source â the prison memoirs of Albert Speer, Hitlerâs Minister of Armaments.
war: He published his war memoirs, Bomber Command, in 1947.
family: Her family memoir Losing the Dead, is available from Vintage.

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