biography

Summary

biography is a literary genre^[1]. biography has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• biography's instance of is recorded as literary genre^[3].
• biography's instance of is recorded as art genre by arts form^[4].
• biography's instance of is recorded as field of work^[5].
• biography is a type of biographical work^[6].
• biography is a type of non-fiction work^[7].
• biography is a type of literature^[8].
• biography is part of non-fiction literature^[9].
• biography is part of study of history^[10].
• biography's Commons category is recorded as Biographies^[11].
• biography comprises early life^[12].
• biography comprises biographic information^[13].
• biography's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Biography (genre)^[14].
• biography's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Biography^[15].
• biography's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[16].
• biography's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng^[17].
• biography's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[18].
• biography's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana^[19].
• biography's described by source is recorded as American Medical Biographies^[20].
• biography's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge^[21].
• biography's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5^[22].
• biography's described by source is recorded as Basque Literature Terms Dictionary^[23].
• biography's has contributing factor is recorded as study of history^[24].
• biography's has characteristic is recorded as life story^[25].
• biography's equivalent class is recorded as http://purl.org/spar/deo/Biography^[26].
• biography's different from is recorded as biographer^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include literary genre^[3], art genre by arts form^[4], and field of work^[5]. Recorded subclass of include biographical work^[6], non-fiction work^[7], and literature^[8].

Use and Application

Components include early life^[12] and biographic information^[13]. Part of include non-fiction literature^[9], a sub-set of literature^[28] and study of history^[10], an academic discipline^[29].

Why It Matters

biography has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] biography is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[30]