Have you ever read a biography? Who was it about? What made it interesting? Here is an explanation what a biography is.
A biography or a ‘bio’ is the story of a person’s life written or told by another person. It can be in print or on film. As for its length, it can be a very short one, called a ‘mini bio,’ or it can be told in a book or two. A longer biography includes the basic information, and analyses and interprets the events, activities, and achievements of a person’s life - which altogether tells a good story. If it is brief, it gives just the basic facts of someone’s life and their importance. A biography is written chronologically. It is about either famous and common people about historical figures or people still living. The most important biographical facts are represented really briefly and in chronological order as a timeline.
Listen to the rest of his life facts and fill in the right verbs.
This time, read Charles Dicken's short biography below and compare it with the sentences above. How do they differ from each other?
| {1904;1908;1916;1920;1922;1925;1926;1946-77} | born in Sežana |
| {1908;1904;1916;1920;1922;1925;1926;1946-77} | family settes in Tomaj |
| {1916;1908;1904;1920;1922;1925;1926;1946-77} | begins schooling in Ljubljana |
| {1922;1908;1916;1920;1904;1925;1926;1946-77} | establises a literary club |
| {1925;1908;1916;1920;1922;1904;1926;1946-77} | plans to publish a collection of poems "Zlati čoln" |
| {1926;1908;1916;1920;1922;1925;1904;1946-77} | dies |
| {1946-77;1908;1916;1920;1922;1925;1926;1904} | his poems apper posthumously |