Mark Twain wrote literary classics such as "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," but as Ron Chernow's hefty biography of him shows, he also nursed grudges and suffered great losses. (Hulton Archive / ...

Explore the life and influence of this 19th-century American writer, humorist, and lecturer. His works, including Huckleberry ...

(CNN) — Conan O’Brien has been selected by The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to receive the 26th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The prize, which is named to honor one of the ...

The Gist: The Kennedy Center has awarded The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor since 1998 to recognize comedians and people in the funny business for their impact on American society. “For four ...

The “performatively rubbing hot sauce on your nipples”–to–“winning the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor” pipeline has been completed. On March 23, Conan O’Brien, the former Conan and The Tonight ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — On a night when half a dozen people made jokes about this being the last-ever Mark Twain Prize, Conan O’Brien made sure the ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ...

Jan. 16 (UPI) --Comedian and former late-night talk show host Conan O'Brien is set to receive the 2025 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The award will be presented to O'Brien, who also worked as a ...

Conan O’Brien is the latest comedian to be feted at the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The former host of Conan and The Tonight Show will receive the award on March 23 at the John F. Kennedy ...