what is difference between biography/autobiography?
The differences between Biography and Autobiography are as Follows:
- Biography is a detailed account of a person’s life written by someone else while autobiography is written by the subject themselves.
- Biography can be written with (authorized) or without permission (unauthorized) from the person/heir’s concerned. Therefore, there are chances of factual mistakes in the information. on the other hand, autobiographies are self-written and therefore doesn’t require any authorization.
- Biographies contain information that is collected over a period from different sources, and thus, it projects a different outlook to the readers. On the other hand, autobiographies are written by the subject themselves. Therefore, the writer presents the facts and his thinking in his own way, thus providing an overall narrow and biased perspective to the readers.
- In an Autobiography the author uses the first narrative like I, me, we, he, she, etc. This, in turn, makes an intimate connection between the author and the reader since the reader experience various aspects as if he/she is in that time period. As opposed a biography is from a third person’s view and is much less intimate.