Mark Twain

Mark Twain
noun
United States writer and humorist best known for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1835-1910)
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑writer, ↑author, ↑humorist, ↑humourist

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Mark Twain [Mark Twain]
(1835–1910) the leading US humorous writer of the 19th century. His real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. He is best known for the novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), but he also wrote travel books and essays, many of them based on his experiences of life on the ↑Mississippi River. His other books include the historical novels The Prince and the Pauper (1882) and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (1889), and Life on the Mississippi (1889), an account of his early life.
See also ↑Finn, See also Sawyer Put all your eggs in one basket and WATCH THAT BASKET. Mark Twain

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  • Mark Twain — im Alter von 72 Jahren Samuel Langhorne Clemens (* 30. November 1835 in Florida, Missouri; † 21. April 1910 in Redding, Connecticut) – besser bekannt unter seinem Pseudonym Mark Twain – war ein amerikanischer Schriftsteller. Mark Twain ist vo …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Mark Twain —   [ mɑːk tweɪn], eigentlich Samuel Langhorne Clemens [ klemənz], amerikanischer Schriftsteller, * Florida (Missouri) 30. 11. 1835, ✝ Redding (Connecticut) 21. 4. 1910; wuchs in Hannibal (Missouri) am Mississippi auf, arbeitete früh als… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Mark Twain — (izg. mȃrk tvéin) (pravo ime Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 1910) DEFINICIJA prvi tipično američki književnik, jedan od najvećih humorista svjetske književnosti; glavna djela Pustolovine Toma Sawyera i Pustolovine Huckleberryja Finna popularna… …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • Mark Twain — Mark Twain, Schriftsteller, s. Clemens 2) …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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  • Mark Twain — Samuel Langhorne Clemens (30 de noviembre de 1835 21 de abril de 1910), mejor conocido por su pseudónimo literario Mark Twain, fue un humorista, escritor famoso y popular de los Estados Unidos. Nació en Florida (Missouri) el 30 de noviembre de… …   Enciclopedia Universal

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