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Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature."
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 to 1910), known by pen name Mark Twain. Photograph taken in his old age. Universal Images Group/Getty Images
Mark Twain, pseudonimo di Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Florida, 30 novembre 1835 – Redding, 21 aprile 1910), è stato uno scrittore, umorista, aforista e docente statunitense autore di capolavori riconosciuti della letteratura statunitense del XIX secolo, come Le avventure di Tom Sawyer e Le avventure di Huckleberry Finn, entrati nell ...
As a riverboat pilot, Clemens would have heard the term, "Mark Twain," which means "two fathoms," on a regular basis. According to the UC Berkeley Library, Clemens first used this pseudonym in 1863, when he was working as a newspaper reporter in Nevada, long after his riverboat days. Clemens became a riverboat "cub," or trainee, in 1857.
17 apr 2024 · What is Mark Twain’s real name? Mark Twain is the pen name of Samuel Clemens. Although the exact origins of the name are unknown, it is worth noting that Clemens operated riverboats, and mark twain is a nautical term for water found to be two fathoms (12 feet [3.7 metres]) deep: mark (measure) twain (two).
- Mark Twain was an American humorist, novelist, and travel writer. Today he is best remembered as the author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876)...
- Mark Twain was born on November 30, 1835, in Florida, Missouri. In 1839 his family moved to the Mississippi port town of Hannibal in search of grea...
- In 1848 Mark Twain became a printer’s apprentice for the Missouri Courier. Three years later his elder brother, Orion, bought the Hannibal Journal,...
- During his lifetime Mark Twain wrote more than 20 novels. His most famous novels included The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and Adventures of Huc...
- Mark Twain died on April 21, 1910. The last piece of writing he did, evidently, was the short humorous sketch “Etiquette for the Afterlife: Advice...
29 lug 2019 · Mark Twain è lo pseudonimo di Samuel Langhorne Clemens, noto scrittore nato in Florida, nello stato del Missouri, il 30 novembre del 1835. La madre di Twain è calvinista è il padre vive una...
3 apr 2014 · Mark Twain, whose real name was Samuel Clemens, was the celebrated author of several novels, including two major classics of American literature: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures...
