J. M. Clemens

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gptkbp:instanceOf Author
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Mississippi_River
gptkb:The_Celebrated_Jumping_Frog_of_Calaveras_County
Literary realism
Pseudonym
Satire
Travel writing
Humorist
The Gilded Age
The Innocents Abroad
American_literature
gptkbp:awards Honorary degrees from multiple universities
gptkbp:birthDate November 30, 1835
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Florida,_Missouri
gptkbp:children gptkb:Clara_Clemens
gptkb:Jean_Clemens
Langdon_Clemens
gptkbp:deathDate April 21, 1910
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Redding,_Connecticut
gptkbp:famousQuote The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; truth isn't.
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Samuel_Langhorne_Clemens
gptkbp:genre Fiction
Humor
Social criticism
gptkbp:has gptkb:Mark_Twain
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label J. M. Clemens
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Ernest_Hemingway
gptkb:William_Faulkner
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Ralph_Waldo_Emerson
gptkb:Henry_James
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:The_Adventures_of_Tom_Sawyer
gptkb:Adventures_of_Huckleberry_Finn
gptkbp:occupation Lecturer
Writer
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Olivia_Langdon