All are written by a person about themselves, why do we need 3 different words?
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A diary is a collection of regular writings (usually private, and kept daily) that a person produces to record experiences or thoughts that might otherwise be forgotten with the passage of time.
A mémoire is a person’s reflection on their experiences, usually in a more temporally cohesive expository form. A mémoire may be written for publishing or for private use. But the key is that it is usually a reflection on experiences rather than a simple record of them.
An autobiography is a account of a person’s life from their perspective, usually for the purpose of publishing as a book.
Think of it this way: a person’s diary is a record of what happened, a mémoire is reflections on those happenings, and an autobiography is a mémoire edited for publishing as a book.
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