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gptkbp:instanceOf
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Author
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gptkbp:associatedAct
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gptkb:Life_on_the_Mississippi
gptkb:The_Celebrated_Jumping_Frog_of_Calaveras_County
gptkb:A_Connecticut_Yankee_in_King_Arthur's_Court
The Gilded Age
The Prince and the Pauper
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gptkbp:awards
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Honorary_Doctorate_from_Yale_University
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gptkbp:born
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November 30, 1835
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:Clara_Clemens
gptkb:Susy_Clemens
gptkb:Jean_Clemens
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gptkbp:deathPlace
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gptkb:Woodlawn_Cemetery,_Elmira,_New_York
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gptkbp:died
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April 21, 1910
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:Hannibal,_Missouri
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gptkbp:famousQuote
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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.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
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gptkbp:fullName
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gptkb:Samuel_Langhorne_Clemens
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gptkbp:genre
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Fiction
Satire
Travel literature
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gptkbp:has
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gptkb:Mark_Twain
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Mark Twain
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:Ernest_Hemingway
gptkb:William_Faulkner
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:Ralph_Waldo_Emerson
gptkb:Henry_James
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gptkbp:legacy
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His humor and wit are celebrated.
His novels address social issues.
His works are studied in schools worldwide.
Considered_the_father_of_American_literature.
Influenced_American_culture_and_literature.
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gptkbp:nationality
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American
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gptkbp:notableQuote
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Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up.
I can live for two months on a good compliment.
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gptkbp:notableWork
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gptkb:The_Adventures_of_Tom_Sawyer
gptkb:Adventures_of_Huckleberry_Finn
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gptkbp:occupation
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Lecturer
Writer
Humorist
Newspaper editor
Gold prospector
Riverboat pilot
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gptkbp:philosophy
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Realism
Regionalism
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gptkbp:placeOfBirth
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gptkb:Florida,_Missouri
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gptkbp:placeOfDeath
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gptkb:Redding,_Connecticut
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Olivia_Langdon
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