What is the difference between biography and autobiography?

What is the difference between biography and autobiography?

 The main difference between biography and autobiography are as follows:

·        In autobiography, childhood is portrayed prominently. On the other hand, in biography the author concentrates on the active period of the individual especially his/her success.

·        The biographer places special emphasis on the death of the individual while in an autobiography, needless to say, death does not figure at all.

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·        Autobiographies often feature the relationships with parents and siblings. Biographies, on the other hand, deal with relationships with friends and colleagues who directly in indirectly contributed to the person's success.

·        A biographer has to rely close relationship with the subject. Or he may reconstruct his/ her life by culling evidence from documents, diaries and letters. An autobiographer does not need to rely on such evidence. S/he can take recourse to his/her memory on external evidence.

·        The main difference, lies in the point of view. In biography, the life is recreated by a third person narrator, who may or may not be objective. In autobiography, the first person narrator is mainly subjective.