memorialist

noun

Definition of memorialistnext
as in autobiographer

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Recent Examples of memorialist With No One Gets To Fall Apart, LaBrie’s memoir writing solidifies her as a powerful memorialist. — Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 18 Oct. 2024 Alan White and famed rock member memorialist Cynthia Plaster Caster. — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 2 Dec. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for memorialist
  1. autobiographer
  2. biographer
  3. novelist
  4. memoirist
  5. hagiographer
  6. fictionist
  7. storyteller
  8. essayist
Noun
  • Only the boy’s early obsession with the keyboard—initially discouraged by his parents—pointed to his destiny as a globe-trotting concert pianist, a composer in the major classical genres, and a fluent essayist and autobiographer to boot.
    — Matthew Gurewitsch, Air Mail, 29 Aug. 2026
  • This was true for autobiographers and for belletristic authors.
    — Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of autobiographer
Noun
  • According to biographer Anne Sebba, Simpson’s answer was resolute.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Accomplished biographer Barbara Ransby rights the historical record.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of biographer
Noun
  • Johnson plays Lowen Ashleigh, a down-on-her-luck ghost writer hired to complete a bestselling thriller series for the novelist Verity Crawford (Hathaway) after she is rendered comatose in an accident.
    — David Faris, TheWeek, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The tools of a novelist are totally different than the tools of a dramatist.
    — Max Gao, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of novelist
Noun
  • Fox, the actress-model-memoirist best known for Uncut Gems, and Shazam, the model-photographer-director, first met at a party as teens and have been bopping around lower Manhattan ever since.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Cher moved from folk-pop duo to television star to Oscar-winning actress to dance-floor futurist to Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and memoirist.
    — Debbie Millman, Time, 25 July 2026
Definition of memoirist
Noun
  • But only hagiographers believe that one man created today’s France.
    — Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
  • William’s hagiographer, the monk Thomas of Monmouth, laid out this unsubstantiated account in excruciating detail, leading to the canonization of the dead boy; like mushrooms after rain, accounts of miracles arose around his tomb.
    — Talia Lavin, The New Republic, 29 Sep. 2020
Definition of hagiographer
Noun
  • As an auto-fictionist or a minimalist—whatever.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Jan. 2026
Definition of fictionist
Noun
  • Asco’s work remained in relative obscurity — living in local mythology through storytellers like Ignacio — for decades.
    — Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Sundance Institute’s documentary film program supports nonfiction storytellers at all stages of their projects and careers via financial, creative and strategic assistance.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of storyteller
Noun
  • FloridaGeorgiaIllinoisTennesseeTexas 7 of 11 The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to a poet and essayist known for her translations.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Anne Carson, the Canadian poet, essayist, professor of classics and translator, has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in literature.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of essayist

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“Memorialist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorialist. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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