Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

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American award literary award

The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor is a prestigious American award that honors individuals who have had an impact on American society in a manner similar to the distinguished 19th-century humorist Mark Twain.

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Mark Twain Prize for American Humor canonical 22
Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American award ⓘ
literary award ⓘ
associatedWith Kennedy Center Honors ⓘ
awardFor American humor ⓘ
lifetime achievement in comedy ⓘ
broadcastOn PBS ⓘ
ceremonyFormat live performance event ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
field entertainment industry ⓘ
performing arts ⓘ
firstAwarded 1998 ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
humor ⓘ
hasCategory American comedy awards ⓘ
Awards established in 1998 ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.kennedy-center.org ⓘ
honors individuals who have had an impact on American society through humor ⓘ
inception 1998 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
location Washington, D.C. ⓘ
namedAfter Mark Twain ⓘ
notableRecipient Adam Sandler ⓘ
Bill Cosby ⓘ
Bill Murray ⓘ
Billy Crystal ⓘ
Bob Newhart ⓘ
Carol Burnett ⓘ
Dave Chappelle ⓘ
David Letterman ⓘ
Eddie Murphy ⓘ
Ellen DeGeneres ⓘ
George Carlin ⓘ
Jay Leno ⓘ
Jon Stewart ⓘ
Julia Louis-Dreyfus ⓘ
Lorne Michaels ⓘ
Richard Pryor ⓘ
Steve Martin ⓘ
Tina Fey ⓘ
Whoopi Goldberg ⓘ
Will Ferrell ⓘ
organizer Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts ⓘ
surface form: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
presentedBy Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts ⓘ
surface form: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
selectionCriteria body of work reflecting Mark Twain’s style of social commentary through humor ⓘ
sponsor corporate sponsors ⓘ

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Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts → hosts → Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ⓘ
Richard Pryor → awardReceived → Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ⓘ
Bob Newhart → awardReceived → Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ⓘ
Steve Martin → awardReceived → Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
Ellen DeGeneres → awardReceived → Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ⓘ
Julia Louis-Dreyfus → awardReceived → Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ⓘ
George Carlin → awardReceived → Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ⓘ
Carol Burnett → awardReceived → Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ⓘ
Billy Crystal → awardReceived → Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ⓘ
Tina Fey → awardReceived → Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ⓘ
David Letterman → awardReceived → Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ⓘ
Dave Chappelle → awardReceived → Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ⓘ
Adam Sandler → awardReceived → Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ⓘ
Pryor → awardReceived → Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ⓘ
subject surface form: Richard Pryor
Crystal → awardReceived → Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ⓘ
subject surface form: Billy Crystal
John William Ferrell → awardReceived → Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ⓘ
Elizabeth Stamatina Fey → awardReceived → Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ⓘ
William Edward Crystal → notableAward → Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ⓘ
Tina → awardReceived → Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ⓘ
subject surface form: Tina Fey
Carl Reiner → awardReceived → Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ⓘ
Carol Creighton Burnett → awardReceived → Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ⓘ
Lily Tomlin → awardReceived → Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ⓘ
Jonathan Winters → awardReceived → Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ⓘ