memoirist

Recent Examples of Synonyms for memoirist
Noun
  • The author of that book, Memoirs 1925-1950, was Kennan himself, as self-critical and personally reflective an autobiographer as his century had seen.
    Nicholas Thompson, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2011
  • Still, for Beyoncé the filmmaker and autobiographer, one narrative-building feat seems to remain out of reach.
    Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2023
Noun
  • Campbell and his collaborator, Elaine Owens, raise comparisons to the documentary photography of the New Deal era, particularly the photographs of the novelist Eudora Welty, who shot for the Works Progress Administration.
    Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
  • With the first of Chu’s two big-screen adaptation hitting theaters Nov. 22, Grande and Erivo, 37, are among the newest guests joining to discuss the Tony-winning Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman musical inspired by novelist Gregory Maguire’s version of Oz.
    Jack Smart, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • However, royal aides told biographer Robert Hardman that was not the whole story as Charles' most senior adviser, Sir Clive Alderton, had been clear of the need to do the right thing for Harry.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • According to a Swiss radio documentary released in 2020, the composer had relationships with men, and those relationships were left out of history by successive historians and biographers; a potentially thorny charge in one of Europe’s worst countries for LGBTQ rights.
    Jack Guy, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Earlier this year, on July 13th, the sonic storyteller took over one of the largest stages at one of the biggest music festivals in Serbia, Exit Festival.
    Lisa Kocay, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
  • Read more Christa Joanna Lee is a writer, editor, and storyteller across editorial and brand spaces.
    Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 25 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • But only hagiographers believe that one man created today’s France.
    Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
  • William’s hagiographer, the monk Thomas of Monmouth, laid out this unsubstantiated account in excruciating detail, leading to the canonization of the dead boy; like mushrooms after rain, accounts of miracles arose around his tomb.
    Talia Lavin, The New Republic, 29 Sep. 2020
Noun
  • The latter film looks at a seminal period in the life of James Baldwin, the extraordinary essayist, novelist and playwright who was born 100 years ago this year.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2024
  • In addition to technology leaders like Altman and Gates, Oprah interviewed Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin from the Center for Humane Technology, FBI Director Christopher Wray, YouTuber Marques Brownlee, chaplain Kaiser Aslam, and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and essayist Marilynne Robinson.
    Gena Cox, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Another guest was Alex Jones, the keening fabulist whom Carlson once considered beyond the pale and now treats as a prophet.
    Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Based on Daniel Wallace’s novel, the movie stars Ewan McGregor as a boyish fabulist and Billy Crudup as his son who, years later, tries to understand who his father really was.
    Will Leitch, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2024

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“Memoirist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memoirist. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.

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