Does anyone know who wrote the first ever memoir?

Question

I am in a Creative Non-Fiction class and my friend really needs to know. So if anyone does do tell.

Answer 1

Thak the caveman recalling his adventures on the hunt scratched the pivotal scene on the cave wall with a charcoal stick.

Answer 2

The very first is hard to figure; a lot depends on what counts as a memoir. One of the earliest works that fits the modern definition of a memoir is Augustine's "Confessions" (4th century AD); for earlier books with some features of a memoir, you might look at lists of Greek, Roman, or Byzantine literature.

Answer 3

Murasaki Shikibu

Answer 4

I believe the first one we still have is "The Tale of Genji".

It's often called the 1st novel and it's kind of a memoir

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tale_of_genji