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Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor is a prize for comedians. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts awards this prize every year. They first gave this prize in 1998. It is named after Mark Twain. Mark Twain was an American author. The Mark Twain Prize is America’s foremost award for humor.

Mark Twain Prize winners

Mark Twain Prize For American Humor Media

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    Venue, the Kennedy Center

  • Barack Obama meets with Will Ferrell and Viveca Paulin, 2011.jpg

    President Barack Obama with Will Ferrell and Viveca Paulin in 2011

  • Barack Obama talks with Carol Burnett and her husband Brian Miller, 2013.jpg

    President Obama with awardee Carol Burnett in 2013

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    Richard Pryor 1973 (cropped)

  • Jonathan Winters - publicity.jpg

    Jonathan Winters - publicity

  • Publicity photo of Carl Reiner

  • Whoopi Goldberg (53741902465) (cropped).jpg

    Whoopi Goldberg (53741902465) (cropped)

  • Comedian Bob Newhart.jpg

    SI Neg. 2002-22477.08a. Date: 10/30/2002...Comedian Bob Newhart, recipient of the 2002 Kennedy Center Mark Twain Award for American Humor, speaking at the National Press Club. ..Credit: Jim Wallace (Smithsonian Institution)

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    Comedienne Lily Tomlin smiles after receiving her Kennedy Center Honors medallion at a dinner hosted by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 6, 2014. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]

  • Lorne Michaels at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival.JPG

    Lorne Michaels at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival

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