Life Writing and Personal Narrative

a genre of Japanese literature consisting of loosely connected personal essays

the literary genre of works written by an author in unwilling confinement

A biography, or simply bio, is a detailed description or account of a person's life.

is a written description or analysis of a person or thing

Testimonios are a form of resistance used by Latin American feminist movements against military governments, authoritarian regimes, and systems of oppression.

An autobiography, sometimes informally called an autobio, is a self-written account of one's own life, providing a personal narrative that reflects on the author's experiences, memories, and insights.

A memoir (; from French mémoire [me.mwaʁ], from Latin memoria 'memory, remembrance') is any nonfiction narrative writing based on the author's personal memories.

Life writing is an expansive genre that primarily deals with the purposeful recording of personal memories, experiences, opinions, and emotions for different ends.

Autotheory is a literary tradition involving the combination of the narrative forms of autobiography, memoir, and critical theory.

A literary diary is a subgenre of diary writing that is read and analysed as literature.

Misery literature, also called misery lit, misery porn, misery memoirs and trauma porn, is a literary genre dwelling on trauma, mental and physical abuse, destitution, or other enervating trials suffered by the protagonists or, allegedly, the writer (in the case of memoirs).

A personal narrative is a story about the narrator's own experiences, usually told in the first person.

Spiritual autobiography is a genre of non-fiction prose that dominated Protestant writing during the seventeenth century, particularly in England, particularly that of Dissenters.

Quit lit is a literary genre of autobiographical apologia, issued publicly, when leaving a job or industry, particularly the academic field.

Captivity narratives are typically personal accounts of people who have been captured by an enemy, generally an enemy with a foreign culture.

The slave narrative is a type of literary genre involving the (written) autobiographical accounts of enslaved persons, particularly black Africans enslaved in the Americas, though many other examples exist.

Erotic memoirs are a subgenre of erotic literature that blend personal experiences with sensual storytelling

Recent books, in particular in partially autobiographic ones focus on women, examples include Wishful Drinking and This Naked Mind.

autobiographical writing specific to the author that presents a real-life account of trauma, oppression, or survival to bear witness to social injustice