as in memoir
a history of a person's life
an unauthorized biography of the actor gave him some serious headaches
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But by 1987, Foreman was running out of money and opted to return to boxing after a decade away, coming back to the ring to raise money for his ministries, his website biography reads.
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Mark Puleo, The Athletic, 22 Mar. 2025
Fremantle had considerable success with the Constantin/Amazon Studios’ We Children From Bahnhof Zoo (2021), a retelling of the drug addiction biography Christine F., famous for Uli Edel 1981 film adaptation.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Mar. 2025
His reputation as a lawyer is likely why leaders in his county selected him for a seat in the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1765, wrote historian Richard R. Beeman in his 1974 biography of Henry.
—Cassandra Good, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
Later this year, according to Sotheby’s, a biography by author Ricardo Cota will be released.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 21 Mar. 2025
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Mark Puleo, The Athletic, 22 Mar. 2025
Fremantle had considerable success with the Constantin/Amazon Studios’ We Children From Bahnhof Zoo (2021), a retelling of the drug addiction biography Christine F., famous for Uli Edel 1981 film adaptation.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Mar. 2025
His reputation as a lawyer is likely why leaders in his county selected him for a seat in the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1765, wrote historian Richard R. Beeman in his 1974 biography of Henry.
—Cassandra Good, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
Later this year, according to Sotheby’s, a biography by author Ricardo Cota will be released.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 21 Mar. 2025
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