Mark Twain

Mark Twain
(30.11.1835 –
21.04.1910)
American author.

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) was born on 30 November 1835 in Florida.

His parents were John and Jane Clemens. After moving to Missouri John met Jane and some years later they married. There were seven children in their family but only four survived: Samuel, Henry, Orion and Pamela. Samuel was the sixth child.

Mark Twain’s father was a judge. In 1847 he died when Samuel was eleven. In 1848 Samuel became an assistant of a printer. In three years he started working as a typesetter .At the age of 18 Mark Twain left the town and began to work as a printer. He worked in different cities of the USA.

In 1859 Mark Twain got a steamboat pilot license. Samuel worked as a pilot until 1861.

Mark Twain had a wife Olivia Langdon. They married in 1870 lived in Buffalo, New York. He started working as a writer and editor in the newspaper. The married couple had 3 daughters: Jean, Clara and Susy.

Mark Twain spent a lot of time in Hartford and at Quarry Farm where he wrote his famous writings including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Prince and the Pauper, Life on the Mississippi, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn etc.

Mark Twain became a famous American author and orator. A lot of critics and peers appreciated his wit.

. Mark Twain used different pen names that’s why some of his works are not known.