biograficzny

Biograficzny is the Polish adjective meaning related to biography or the life history of a person. It is formed from the noun biografia (biography) with the suffix -iczny, and it is related to terms like biograf (biographer). The word appears in various formal and semi-formal registers to describe works, materials, or descriptions that concern the life story of an individual.

In usage, biograficzny characterizes a wide range of items. Common collocations include film biograficzny (biographical film), powieść biograficzna (biographical novel), i dokument biograficzny (biographical documentary). It also occurs with nouns indicating sources or collections, such as materiały biograficzne (biographical materials), katalog biograficzny (biographical catalog) or archiwa biograficzne (biographical archives). The forms agree with the gender and number of the noun they modify: biograficzny (masculine), biograficzna (feminine), biograficzne (neuter or plural).

Biograficzny is often contrasted with related terms. Autobiograficzny refers to life stories about the author themselves. In scholarly writing, biograficzny may be used to describe methods, sources, or genres that focus on life histories, while biografia as a field studies the lives of notable people and their social and historical contexts. Overall, the term signals a focus on life histories rather than purely fictional or unrelated topics.