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Memoir is a literary genre or a reminiscence, a subclass of autobiography. Memoir may also refer to:


Autobiographical texts

* ''Memoir'' (McGahern book), a 2005 autobiographical account of the childhood of Irish author John McGahern * ''Memoirs'' (Kennan book), a 1967 book that won the 1968 Pulitzer Prize * Memoirs (Walter Scott), a short autobiographical work by Walter Scott *
Mémoires (Berlioz) The ''Mémoires de Hector Berlioz'' are an autobiography by French composer Hector Berlioz. First serialised in several contemporary journals including ''Journal des Débats'' and ''Le Monde Illustré'',
(aka ''Mémoires de Hector Berlioz''), an autobiography by French composer Hector Berlioz *''
Mémoires ''Mémoires'' (''Memories'') is an artist's book made by the French social critic Guy Debord in collaboration with the Danish artist Asger Jorn. Its last page mentions that it was printed in 1959, however, it was printed in December 1958. This ...
'', a 1959 artists' book by Guy Debord and Asger Jorn *'' Memoirs: 1939–1993'', a memoir written by the former Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney


Professional society journals

For example: *''
Memoirs and Proceedings of the Chemical Society A memoir (; , ) is any nonfiction narrative writing based in the author's personal memories. The assertions made in the work are thus understood to be factual. While memoir has historically been defined as a subcategory of biography or autobi ...
'', a scientific journal published at various times by the U.K. Chemical Society *''
Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society ''Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society'' is a mathematical journal published in six volumes per year, totalling approximately 33 individually bound numbers, by the American Mathematical Society. It is intended to carry papers on new mathema ...
'', a mathematical journal in which each memoir is normally a single, separately bound monograph


Music

*'' European Memoirs'' (aka ''Memoir''), a 1982 jazz album by the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band * ''Memoire'' (album) (or ''Memoire DX''), the debut album by Japanese rock band Malice Mizer * ''Memoirs'' (Rox album), the debut album by British singer Rox * ''Memoirs'' (jazz album), a 1990 album by Paul Bley, Charlie Haden and Paul Motian *"Memoir", a song by Audio Adrenaline from the 1996 album ''
Bloom Bloom or blooming may refer to: Science and technology Biology * Bloom, one or more flowers on a flowering plant * Algal bloom, a rapid increase or accumulation in the population of algae in an aquatic system * Jellyfish bloom, a collective n ...
'' *''Memoirs'', a 2002 album by
the Third and the Mortal The Third and the Mortal were a Norwegian metal band from Trondheim, founded in 1992. The band started out as doom metal, mixing distorted guitars and heavy drumming with clean guitars and vocals from Kari Rueslåtten. The band went on to experi ...


Other uses

* Mémoire, in French culture, a (usually short and incisive) piece of writing allowing the author to show his or her opinion on a given subject *''
Mémoires ''Mémoires'' (''Memories'') is an artist's book made by the French social critic Guy Debord in collaboration with the Danish artist Asger Jorn. Its last page mentions that it was printed in 1959, however, it was printed in December 1958. This ...
'', a 1959 artist's book made by the French artist and theorist Guy Debord in collaboration with the Danish artist Asger Jorn *''
Memoir '44 ''Memoir '44'' is a light wargame, or war-themed strategy board game, for two players created by Richard Borg, published in 2004 by Days of Wonder and illustrated by Julien Delval and Cyrille Daujean. The game can also be played with up to si ...
'', a light war-themed strategy board game * ''
Memoirs v. Massachusetts ''Memoirs v. Massachusetts'', 383 U.S. 413 (1966), was the United States Supreme Court decision that attempted to clarify a holding regarding obscenity made a decade earlier in ''Roth v. United States'' (1957). Since the ''Roth'' ruling, to ...
'', a 1966 U.S. Supreme Court obscenity case * Memoir (horse) * Memoirs (film), a 1984 drama film {{disambiguation