A biography is a book on a celebrity written by a competent writer who knows his subject intimately and authoritatively. It is the written record of man. Hence a biography is always a memoir, a precious legacy handed down to the people. It is a valuable popular document to be investigated into. There is another type of biography, an autobiography. It is written by one about oneself. But both the types lead to the identical goal to furnish the readers with the authentic exposition of the self in the truest perspective of the contemporary society. So, the study of a biography or of an autobiography has twofold contributions — a thorough study of an entity, as well as, a vivid presentation of a contemporary society with its values, ethics and aesthetics.
Biographies of all sorts are no mere diaries or chronicles. They possess intrinsic values — they interpret cultural norms of their societies in the light of the historical relevance of their own time-Spans. Biographies are not merely euphonic eulogies pronounced on their master-character, they practically embody the comprehensive explanations of the ‘self’ in relation to his pertinent phase of time. Hence, such records have epochal and epical contributions of forming the norms of perennial values. Such books contain connotative as well as denotative meanings. They always tend to possess the strength of ‘soul’ or ‘clean vital’ to ennoble the morality of the readers, to, imbue them with the spirit of deeper dedication and greater sacrifice for all.
Biographies and autobiographies are integral part of literature. They are the real introductions of ‘selves’ to their readers. Autobiographies like ‘My Experiment with Truth’ (M. K. Gandhi), ‘Chhelebela’ (Rabindraiiath Tagore), ‘My Struggle’ (Hitler), or of Isadora Duncan, Pandit Ravi Sankar and of many other celebrities as well as Biographies of Ramkrishna Paramahansa (by Romain Holland or Achinta Kumar Sengupta), of P. B. Shelley (named Aerial), of Machiavelli (by many writers), ‘Memories’ (Lenin’s life by his wife), of Julias Fuchik (by many authors), of Ramkinkar Baij (by Samaresh Basu) and of many other personalities written by competent writers offer as happy reading as ennobling values and ideals.
The grown-ups as well as the young should cultivate the habit of reading biography and auto-biography. The readers will positively find in these books some ideologies to guide them, some vision to lead them and some morals to become their props and pivots to rely and rest upon in the moments of stress and struggle.
Biographies of all sorts are no mere diaries or chronicles. They possess intrinsic values — they interpret cultural norms of their societies in the light of the historical relevance of their own time-Spans. Biographies are not merely euphonic eulogies pronounced on their master-character, they practically embody the comprehensive explanations of the ‘self’ in relation to his pertinent phase of time. Hence, such records have epochal and epical contributions of forming the norms of perennial values. Such books contain connotative as well as denotative meanings. They always tend to possess the strength of ‘soul’ or ‘clean vital’ to ennoble the morality of the readers, to, imbue them with the spirit of deeper dedication and greater sacrifice for all.
Biographies and autobiographies are integral part of literature. They are the real introductions of ‘selves’ to their readers. Autobiographies like ‘My Experiment with Truth’ (M. K. Gandhi), ‘Chhelebela’ (Rabindraiiath Tagore), ‘My Struggle’ (Hitler), or of Isadora Duncan, Pandit Ravi Sankar and of many other celebrities as well as Biographies of Ramkrishna Paramahansa (by Romain Holland or Achinta Kumar Sengupta), of P. B. Shelley (named Aerial), of Machiavelli (by many writers), ‘Memories’ (Lenin’s life by his wife), of Julias Fuchik (by many authors), of Ramkinkar Baij (by Samaresh Basu) and of many other personalities written by competent writers offer as happy reading as ennobling values and ideals.
The grown-ups as well as the young should cultivate the habit of reading biography and auto-biography. The readers will positively find in these books some ideologies to guide them, some vision to lead them and some morals to become their props and pivots to rely and rest upon in the moments of stress and struggle.
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