Follow a timeline of key events in Mark Twain's life.

The ceremony honoring Conan O’Brien with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor was the first high-profile event at the ...

O'Brien thanked the pre-Trump Kennedy Center leadership. O'Brien gave tribute to Mark Twain, espousing his American values in the modern political landscape. Conan O'Brien took an unusual jab at ...

Comedian Conan O'Brien received the Mark Twain Prize at the Kennedy Center on Sunday night, which David Letterman called "the ...

O'Brien has appeared in several past Mark Twain Prize events. He told reporters his decision to accept the prize this year was partly influenced by the people at the Kennedy Center: "They work ...

"They work hard to promote the arts. And so I want to be here in that spirit." Accepting an award named after Mark Twain was "a responsibility" because of the satirist's "core principles," he told ...