kids encyclopedia robot

Memoir facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts
Walden Thoreau
Title page of Henry Thoreau's memoir, Walden (1854)

A memoir (from the French word mémoire or the Latin memoria, meaning "memory") is a literary genre and a kind of autobiography. A person who writes memoirs can be called a memoirist. An autobiography tells the story of a life, while a memoir tells a story from a life, such as touchstone events and turning points from the author's life.

Images for kids

  • Archive-ugent-be-7D309E20-C7E9-11E0-A4B4-E65737D8FA8C DS-9 (cropped)

    An excerpt from the manuscript "Memoires on Napoleon's campaigns, experienced as a soldier of the second regiment", written by Joseph Abbeel, 1805-1815.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Memorias para niños

kids search engine
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
Memoir Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.