Famous Examples of Life Writing
Life writing has been evident for nearly 2,000 years. St Augustine's autobiographical work being one example from the late 4th century BC.
Margery Kempe, an early 15th-century English woman, is believed to have written the first autobiography in the English language, though it was a production that depended upon the help of scribes. This text provides what could be the best insight into a female, middle class experience in the Middle Ages.
Other famous examples include Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler and Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela.
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“Many famous feet have trod
Sublunary paths, and famous hands have weighed
The strength they have against the strength they need;
And famous lips interrogated God
Concerning franchise in eternity....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)
“No rules exist, and examples are simply life-savers answering the appeals of rules making vain attempts to exist.”
—André Breton (1896–1966)
“Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life.”
—E.M. (Edward Morgan)
“In writing songs I’ve learned as much from Cézanne as I have from Woody Guthrie.”
—Bob Dylan [Robert Allen Zimmerman] (b. 1941)