MarkTwain

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　　SamuelLanghorneClemens

　　MarkTwain,detailofphotobyMathewBrady,February7,1871

　　BornNovember30,1835(1835-11-30)

　　Florida,Missouri,UnitedStates

　　DiedApril21,1910(aged74)

　　Redding,Connecticut

　　PennameMarkTwain

　　OccupationWriter,lecturer

　　NationalityAmerican

　　GenresFiction,historicalfiction,children'sliterature,non-fiction,travelliterature,satire,essay,philosophicalliterature,socialcommentary,literarycriticism

　　Notablework(s)AdventuresofHuckleberryFinn,TheAdventuresofTomSawyer

　　Influences[show]

　　ArtemusWard,CharlesDickens,ThomasPaine,RobertHenryNewell,JoshBillings,AlexanderCarlyle,[1]Pliny,Herodotus,Plutarch,WilliamDeanHowells,RobertBrowning[2]

　　Influenced[show]

　　KurtVonnegut,GoreVidal,ErnestHemingway,WilliamFaulkner,H.L.Mencken,HunterS.Thompson,HalHolbrook,JimmyBuffett,RonPowers,RalphEllison,KenKesey,RobertA.Heinlein[1]

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　　SamuelLanghorneClemens(November30,1835–April21,1910),[3]betterknownbythepennameMarkTwain,wasanAmericanauthorandhumorist.TwainismostnotedforhisnovelsAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn,whichhassincebeencalledtheGreatAmericanNovel,[4]andTheAdventuresofTomSawyer.Heisextensivelyquoted.[5][6]Duringhislifetime,Twainbecameafriendtopresidents,artists,industrialistsandEuropeanroyalty.

　　Twainenjoyedimmensepublicpopularity.Hiskeenwitandincisivesatireearnedhimpraisefrombothcriticsandpeers.AmericanauthorWilliamFaulknercalledTwain"thefatherofAmericanliterature."[7]