Writing (or having it written for you) a biography before age 60, is more a sign of an inflated ego and borderline or full-blown narcissist personality (not the mental illness per se, the personality), or at least quite severe ego-centrism. Noem is 52 according to the internet; and kudos to the make-up artist, lighting rigger and photgra…
Writing (or having it written for you) a biography before age 60, is more a sign of an inflated ego and borderline or full-blown narcissist personality (not the mental illness per se, the personality), or at least quite severe ego-centrism. Noem is 52 according to the internet; and kudos to the make-up artist, lighting rigger and photgrapher who took the cover picture.
Calling hagiography biography is however older than a few decades: originally, it was the norm rather than the exception. Having an interesting life-story written for you and consigned to posterity dates back to Ancient Egypt, if not before that even.
The idea that a biography shold be written by the subject itself, honestly and truthfully, is so modern it barely got off the ground before being shot down.
Writing (or having it written for you) a biography before age 60, is more a sign of an inflated ego and borderline or full-blown narcissist personality (not the mental illness per se, the personality), or at least quite severe ego-centrism. Noem is 52 according to the internet; and kudos to the make-up artist, lighting rigger and photgrapher who took the cover picture.
Calling hagiography biography is however older than a few decades: originally, it was the norm rather than the exception. Having an interesting life-story written for you and consigned to posterity dates back to Ancient Egypt, if not before that even.
The idea that a biography shold be written by the subject itself, honestly and truthfully, is so modern it barely got off the ground before being shot down.