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A humorist is an intellectual who uses irony or wit in writing and speaking. A raconteur is one who tells anecdotes in a skillful and amusing way.
Samuel Clemens, American humorist who wrote under the pen name Mark Twain.
The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor is an American award presented by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. annually since 1998. Named after the 19th-century humor
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…father of American literature". The United States national cultural center, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, has chosen to award a Mark Twain Prize for American Humor annually since 1998 to individuals who have "had an impact on American society in ways similar to the distinguished 19th century novelist and essayist…
The Kennedy Center award is modeled after Karl Gerhardt's bronze bust of Twain.
Venue, the Kennedy Center
President Barack Obama with Will Ferrell and Viveca Paulin in 2011
President Obama with awardee Carol Burnett in 2013