Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835, April 21, 1910) better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humourist. He is most noted for his novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885) often called the Great American Novel. He achieved great success as a writer and public speaker. His wit and satire earned praise from critics and peers, and he was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty. Twain was born during a visit by Halley's Comet, and he predicted that he would go out with it as well. He died the day following the comet's subsequent return. He was lauded as the greatest American humourist of his age, and William Faulkner called Twain the father of American literature. Photographed by Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1906. | |
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