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 (Walter Scott), a short autobiographical work by Walter Scott Mémoires (Berlioz) (aka Mémoires de Hector Berlioz), an autobiography by French composer Hector Berlioz Mémoires, 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 scientific journal published at various times by the UK Chemical Society Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society, 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 Memoirs, a 2002 album by the Third and the Mortal
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 Memoir '44, a light war-themed strategy board game Memoirs v. Massachusetts, a 1966 US Supreme Court obscenity case Memoir (horse) Memoirs (film), a 1984 drama film