{"id":9000,"date":"2024-07-15T07:12:27","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T07:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/?p=9000"},"modified":"2024-08-27T05:35:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T05:35:00","slug":"memoir-vs-autobiography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/writing\/memoir-vs-autobiography","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s the difference between a memoir and an autobiography?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main-content\" data-grid=\"col-12\">\n<p class=\"c-paragraph-3\">Personal writing is an important part of our literary canon. Reading it gives us a new perspective and lets us walk in the author\u2019s shoes for a while. There are a few different types of personal writing, including memoirs and autobiographies. While both are works of nonfiction that depict true stories from an author\u2019s life, they have some distinct differences. 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