autobibliography

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English

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Etymology

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From auto- +‎ bibliography, compare autobiography.

Noun

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autobibliography (plural autobibliographies)

  1. A self-compiled list of one's own writings or literary works.
    • 1984, Andrė Le Vot, translated by William Byron, F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Biography, London: Allen Lane, translation of Scott Fitzgerald, →ISBN, page 106:
      Finally, a third section complements the first, listing his published nonfiction pieces, mainly poems and articles. The volume is a mine of valuable information, a kind of autobibliography that provides an accurate chart of the author’s production rhythm and his popularity in terms, for example, of printings, reprintings and prices paid by magazines.