Mark Twain
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Mark Twain,detail of photo by Mathew Brady,February 7,1871
Born November 30,1835(1835-11-30)
Florida,Missouri,United States
Died April 21,1910 (aged 74)
Redding,Connecticut
Pen name Mark Twain
Occupation Writer,lecturer
Nationality American
Genres Fiction,historical fiction,children's literature,non-fiction,travel literature,satire,essay,philosophical literature,social commentary,literary criticism
Notable work(s) Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Influences[show]
Artemus Ward,Charles Dickens,Thomas Paine,Robert Henry Newell,Josh Billings,Alexander Carlyle,[1] Pliny,Herodotus,Plutarch,William Dean Howells,Robert Browning[2]
Influenced[show]
Kurt Vonnegut,Gore Vidal,Ernest Hemingway,William Faulkner,H.L.Mencken,Hunter S.Thompson,Hal Holbrook,Jimmy Buffett,Ron Powers,Ralph Ellison,Ken Kesey,Robert A.Heinlein[1]
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30,1835 – April 21,1910),[3] better known by the pen name Mark Twain,was an American author and humorist.Twain is most noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,which has since been called the Great American Novel,[4] and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.He is extensively quoted.[5][6] During his lifetime,Twain became a friend to presidents,artists,industrialists and European royalty.
Twain enjoyed immense public popularity.His keen wit and incisive satire earned him praise from both critics and peers.American author William Faulkner called Twain "the father of American literature."[7]
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