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Mark Twain

An American author and humorist.  Twain was very popular in his time, earning praise for his incisive satire from critics and peers alike.  He was tauted as the "greatest American humorist of his age".

Born

Samuel Langhorne Clemens

November 30, 1835

Florida, Missouri

Died

April 21, 1910 (aged 74)

Redding, Connecticut

Genres

Fiction, historical fiction, children's literature, non-fiction, travel literature, satire, essay, philosophical literature, social commentary, literary criticism

 

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