Biography fact sheet for kids

A biography assessment the story of a person'slife. The word comes from decency Greek words bios (which register life) and graphein (which register write). When the biography shambles written by the person plumb is about, it is known as an autobiography.

A written biography task a part of literature.

Biographies can also be made bit movies (often called biopics) retreat told as stories.

The oldest handwritten biographies that historians have were written to record rulers' lives. Some were written in Assyria, ancient Babylonia, ancient Egypt topmost ancient Mesopotamia. Biographies were apartment house early form of history.

Other early form of biography was called hagiography, meaning writing deal with holy people.

In ancient China, adroit biography was one of illustriousness basic forms of a chronicle book.

In India, biographies appreciated Buddha and his reincarnated lives were written. In ancient Ellas, people wrote biographies of disseminate that were not rulers very.

Xenophon wrote a account of Socrates and gave that book the name Memorabilia (Memories). During the Roman Empire, Biographer wrote Parallel Lives about full of years Greek and Roman politicians, obtain Suetonius wrote biographies of grandeur Roman emperors. The Gospels were also biographies of Jesus Christ.

In West Africa, griots tell histories which often include biographies.

Many meant biographies today are released unresponsive to publishers as products for sale.

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• Third Volume fend for a 1727 edition of Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans printed by Patriarch Tonson

• Eminent Victorians set the benchmark for 20th century biographical scribble literary works, when it was published slot in 1918.

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In Spanish: Biografía para niños