Mark Twain, born Samuel Rangham Clemen, was an American author and orator. Mark Twain, his pseudonym, was originally a term used by Mississippi River sailors to indicate the depth of water measured in the waterway.
When he was 12, his father died and he had to quit school and work as a factory handyman.
He worked as a Mississippi River pilot, miner and journalist.
Gradually writing some interesting novels by hand, began his writing career.
Representative works are novels "Million Pounds", "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", "the Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and so on.
马克·吐温，原名萨缪尔·兰亨·克莱门，美国作家、演说家，“马克·吐温”是他的笔名，原是密西西比河水手使用的表示在航道上所测水的深度的术语。
12岁时，父亲去世，他只好停学，到工厂当小工。
曾做过密西西比河的领航员、矿工及新闻记者工作。
渐渐地手写一些有趣的小说，开始了自己的写作生涯。
代表作品有小说《百万英镑》《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》《汤姆·索亚历险记》等。
人物评价
马克·吐温是独一无二的，无法相比的，他是美国文学中的林肯。（美国评论家威廉·豪威尔斯评）
马克·吐温是第一位真正的美国作家，我们都是继承他而来。（美国作家威廉·福克纳评）
American writers.The given name fills the erroneous you · bright Herrn · Klemens.Mark · Twain is its pen name.Is born in a Mississippi river bank small town Hannibal's village poor attorney the family,goes out since childhood acknowledges as teacher the apprentice.Has worked as the type-setter,Mississippi river sailors,south the armed forces soldiers,but also has managed the lumber industry,the mining industry and the publishing industry,but the effective work is works as reporter and writing humorous literature.
Mark · Twain is the US critical realism literature founder,world renowned short story master.He has experienced US from “freely” the capitalism to the imperialism developing process,its thought and the creation also displays for from teases the pungent satire to arrive the pessimism and misanthropy development phase again livelily.
His early creation,like the short story "Elects Governor (1870),"Elder brother You Smith's Friend To go abroad Once again" Unexpectedly" (1870) and so on,by humorous,the humorous writing technique ridicules US “the democratic election” absurd and “the democratic heaven” the essence.本回答被提问者和网友采纳
