Persian memoirs A common type of memoir-based life writings of personal

Life writing has been a most common historical-literary trend in Persian writings in the contemporary period. Persian Life Writing as a general genre consists of the different writings. All of them contain a realistic account of the life of Iranians. Life Writing of Memory Includes "Single- emory'', "memoir", "autobiography" and "personal history" . in this paper, we focused on the "memoir". a memoir is a type of memoir-based personal writing that describes human life in writing, about only the most prominent part of his/her life and experiences. Memoirs are often written by celebrities, politicians, the military, and those whose jobs and careers are very effective. in memoirs, the order of time and continuity of events are observed, and they are accompanied by an emotional and personal arc, if they are successful. the similarities between memoirs and autobiographies are such that even in the West, their distinctions are not properly recognized and observed. while skilled critics and writers note that in an autobiography, the author is the target; however, in the memoir, the goal is not the author himself, but the event / events of his life. after studying hundreds of life writings, the author realized this common type and decided to to present the most important sub-types in the following article, while introducing and expressing outstanding features.