Kurosawa has commented on the lasting sense of loss he felt at his brother's death and the chapter of his autobiography that describes it — written nearly half a century after the event — is titled, " A Story I Don't Want to Tell.

An autobiography ( from the Greek, αὐτός-autos self + βίος-bios life + γράφειν-graphein to write ) is an account of the life of a person, written by its subject.

The term " fictional autobiography " has been coined to define novels about a fictional character written as though the character were writing their own biography, of which Daniel Defoe's Moll Flanders, is an early example.

The best known fictional representation of the Emperor Claudius were the books I, Claudius and Claudius the God ( published in 1934 and 1935 ) by Robert Graves, both written in the first-person to give the reader the impression that they are Claudius ' autobiography.

* Robert Graves ' novel I, Claudius is written as a recently-discovered autobiography penned by the late Emperor.

* According to Alberti himself, in a short autobiography written c. 1438 in Latin and in the third person, ( many but not all scholars consider this work to be an autobiography ) he was capable of " standing with his feet together, and springing over a man's head.

In his autobiography, From Jerusalem to Munich, first published in France in 1999, and later in a written interview with Sports Illustrated, Abu Daoud wrote that funds for Munich were provided by Mahmoud Abbas, Chairman of the PLO since 11 November 2004 and President of the Palestinian National Authority since 15 January 2005.

It was originally written in Latin and was completed in 1371 or 1372-the first such autobiography in a thousand years ( since Saint Augustine ).

His longest and most enduring work is the story of his life, the Commentaries, which is the only autobiography ever written by a reigning Pope.

He released an early autobiography, Rocket Man: The Roger Clemens Story written with Peter Gammons, in 1987.

In 1991, Sutch's autobiography Life as Sutch: The Official Autobiography of a Raving Loony ( written with Peter Chippindale ) was published.

On the subject of pitchers, in Ted's autobiography written with John Underwood, Ted opines regarding Bob Lemon ( a sinker-ball specialist ) pitching for Cleveland Indians around 1951: " I have to rate Lemon as one of the very best pitchers I ever faced.

Tharp has written three books: an early autobiography, Push Comes to Shove ( 1992 ; Bantam Books ); The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life ( 2003, Simon & Schuster ), translated into Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Korean, Thai and Japanese ; “ The Collaborative Habit ” ( 2009, Simon & Schuster ), also translated into Thai, Chinese and Korean.

* An early example of autobiography is written in English by Thomas Whythorne.

Telford's autobiography, titled The Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer, written by himself, was published in 1838.

Julian became well known throughout England as a spiritual authority: the English mystic ( and author of the first known autobiography written in England ) Margery Kempe mentions going to Norwich to speak with her.

In 2000, Shepherd's bestselling autobiography was published, titled Cybill Disobedience: How I Survived Beauty Pageants, Elvis, Sex, Bruce Willis, Lies, Marriage, Motherhood, Hollywood, and the Irrepressible Urge to Say What I Think, written in collaboration with Aimee Lee Ball.

Zhao Ziyang later wrote in his autobiography that, although Deng had stated many of these sentiments in a private conversation with Li Peng shortly before the editorial was written, Li had these comments disseminated to Party members and published as the editorial without Deng's knowledge or consent.

Crawford published her autobiography, A Portrait of Joan – written with Jane Kesner Ardmore – in 1962 through Doubleday.

She features in a fictional autobiography, written by Alice Walworth Graham, of Elizabeth, the daughter of Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick and later the wife of Thomas of Astley, 3rd Lord Astley ; the book is entitled The Vows of the Peacock.

After Stowe's death her son and grandson claimed she and Henson had met before Uncle Tom's Cabin was written, but the chronology does not hold up to scrutiny and she probably drew material only from his published autobiography.

He has written poems and published an autobiography called My Two Worlds.

Nimoy has written two volumes of autobiography.

Capra expanded on his visions in his 1971 autobiography, The Name Above the Title:

Unlike many of his contemporaries, he did not record in the early blues era, but his life is well documented thanks to his autobiography, I Say Me for a Parable: The Oral Autobiography of Mance Lipscomb, Texas Bluesman, narrated to Glen Alyn, which was published posthumously, and also a short 1971 documentary by Les Blank, A Well Spent Life.

* Graham Greene relates in his first autobiography A Sort Of Life ( 1971 ) that he played Russian Roulette, alone, a few times as a teenager.

In 1971 he published his autobiography, The Moon's a Balloon, which was well received, selling over five million copies.

* A Detective's Story ( 1971 ) by George Hatherill, first published in London by Andre Deutsch Limited ( ISBN 0-2339-6322-7 ) is part autobiography and part description on what makes a detective.

He wrote about his sadhana and kundalini-related meditation experiences, in his autobiography published in 1970 as GURU, by Harper & Row and as Play of Consciousness in India in 1971.

", though it became the title of Welk's autobiography ( Prentice Hall, 1971 ).

In 1971 he published his autobiography In My Way, which Harold Wilson said privately was where he had always found Brown.

Selected Poems appeared in 1968, and Shapiro published one novel, Edsel ( 1971 ) and a three-part autobiography, " Poet " ( 1988 – 1990 ).

According to the Los Angeles Times, LaRouche writes in his autobiography that in 1971 the NCLC formed " intelligence units ", and the following year started training members in paramilitary tactics.

Clay's biography provides details that Masters omitted from the three volumes of autobiography he wrote: Bugles and a Tiger ( 1956 ); Road Past Mandalay ( 1961 ); and Pilgrim Son ( 1971 ).

Peter Ustinov was his schoolmate at this time, as related in Ustinov's autobiography Dear Me ( 1971 ).

King Features denies that Mary Worth was a continuation of the earlier strip, ignoring published comics from the late thirties and forties titled " Apple Mary: Mary Worth's Family " ( before the subtitle completely replaced " Apple Mary ") and disregarding Saunders ' own detailed account in his interviews ( 1971 ) and autobiography ( 1983-86 ) of how he was given Apple Mary in 1939 and developed it into Mary Worth with stories he thought women would enjoy more.

Her autobiography, The Hiding Place ( 1971 ) was later adapted as a film of the same name in 1975 and starred Jeannette Clift as ten Boom.

Her autobiography, Bus Fare to Kentucky ( named after a 1971 Davis hit ), was published in 1993.

Hildegarde Knef ( German spelling ) gives a vivid backstage account of the casting, rehearsals, tryouts and Broadway opening of Silk Stockings in her autobiography The Gift Horse: Report on a Life ( McGraw Hill, 1971 ) pages 281 through 342.

In 1971, he published an autobiography entitled A Job for Superman.

* 1971 The Confessions of Edward Dahlberg, autobiography and fiction

He wrote three books of autobiography: A Whiff of Burnt Boats ( 1971 ), Laughter at the Door ( 1974 ), and in the last year of his life, the final part, Farewell the Hills.

The movie, in which Sayers was portrayed by Billy Dee Williams in the 1971 original, and by Mekhi Phifer in the 2001 remake, was adapted from Sayers ' account of this story in his 1971 autobiography, I Am Third.

As noted in Cavett's autobiography ( p. 321-323 ), on June 7, 1971 publisher J. I. Rodale, an advocate of organic farming, died of a heart attack during taping.

29, dedicated to van Dalen ); a written autobiography Erinnerungen ( published in German in Musik des Ostens, 1971 p. 136-169, in Dutch by Hugo van Dalen in July / August 1939 in De Zevende Dag and in English by B. N. Thadani Recollections 2nd edition, Cantext, 2001 ); plus a number of letters and printed music to the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague, which recently passed it on to the Netherlands Music Institute ( NMI ).

His autobiography, The Trouble with Francis, was published in 1971 and details his struggle with neglect.