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* The ''Literature/VitaNuova'' is largely a prose account by Creator/DanteAlighieri explaining the historical circumstances behind the love poetry included in the collection.

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* The ''Literature/VitaNuova'' ''Literature/LaVitaNuova'' is largely a prose account by Creator/DanteAlighieri explaining the historical circumstances behind the love poetry included in the collection.

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%%* ''The Life of Creator/SamuelJohnson'', written by James Boswell, is considered the greatest biography in the English language.
%%* By the same token, Creator/BenjaminFranklin's ''Autobiography'' is generally considered to be one of the best autobiographies ever written in English--or any other language, for that matter.

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%%* * ''The Life of Creator/SamuelJohnson'', written by James Boswell, is considered the greatest biography in the English language.
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Creator/BenjaminFranklin's ''Autobiography'' is generally considered to be one of the best autobiographies ever written in English--or any other language, for that matter.''Autobiography.''


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* Erin Osmon's ''Jason Molina: Riding With The Ghost'' is about musician Music/JasonMolina, written after he passed away in 2013. The title is taken from one of his songs.
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** ''Hamilton'', about the first US Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton.
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A biography (from Greek ''bio'' (life) + ''graphy'' (to write about)) is a (supposedly) [[{{Nonfiction}} factual]] accounting of the life of a real person.

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A biography (from Greek ''bio'' (life) ''bíos'' ["life"] + ''graphy'' (to write about)) ''gráphō'' ["write"]) is a (supposedly) [[{{Nonfiction}} [[NonFiction factual]] accounting of the life of a real person.

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