![]() ![]() He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced", and William Faulkner called him "the father of American literature". Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), best known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. (m. 1870 died 1904)Children4, including Susy, Clara, and JeanParentsJohn Marshall Clemens (father)Jane Lampton Clemens (mother)RelativesOrion Clemens (brother)Signature ![]() ![]() Mark TwainTwain in 1907BornSamuel Langhorne Clemens()November 30, 1835Florida, Missouri, U.S.DiedApril 21, 1910() (aged 74)Stormfield House, Redding, Connecticut, U.S.Resting placeWoodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, New York, U.S.Pen nameMark TwainJoshThomas Jefferson SnodgrassOccupationWriterhumoristentrepreneurpublisherlecturerLanguageAmerican EnglishPeriodModernGenresAdventure fictionspeculative fictiontravelogueopinion journalismliterary criticismpolemicessayautobiographycorrespondenceorationLiterary movementAmerican RealismYears activefrom 1863EmployersTerritorial EnterpriseThe Sacramento UnionThe Alta CaliforniaNew-York TribuneSpouse For other uses, see Mark Twain (disambiguation). ![]()
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