memoirist

[ mem-wahr-ist, -wawr- ]

noun

1. a person who writes memoirs.

Word History and Origins

Origin of memoirist¹

First recorded in 1760–70; memoir + -ist

Example Sentences

“It was hard to keep a straight face in scenes together,” the “Love, Pamela” memoirist said.

From Los Angeles Times

Einat Admony — a two-time James Beard semifinalist, cookbook author, comedian and chef-owner of the widely acclaimed Balaboosta and Taim — is now adding a new title to that list: Memoirist.

From Salon

On Monday, the “Weekend Update” anchor and “A Very Punchable Face” memoirist shared a photo of his left foot with three toes wrapped in bandages.

From Los Angeles Times

Jill Schary Robinson, a novelist, memoirist, essayist and journalist who was also daughter to one Hollywood executive and mother to another one, died Saturday in Beverly Hills, her family confirmed to The Times.

From Los Angeles Times

Other intriguing additions include the dance-punk duo Death From Above 1979 playing its beloved, sleazy debut LP “You’re a Woman, I’m a Machine” for its 20th anniversary; some avant-garde jazz programming with Makaya McCraven, Jeff Parker, Ebo Taylor + Pat Thomas and Adrian Younge, and a literary conversation between Bikini Kill founder and memoirist Kathleen Hanna and Mars Volta’s Cedric Bixler-Zavala.

From Los Angeles Times