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
 1998 - Richard Pryor
 1999 - Jonathan Winters
 2000 - Carl Reiner
 2001 - Whoopi Goldberg
 2002 - Bob Newhart
 2003 - Lily Tomlin
 2004 - Lorne Michaels
 2005 - Steve Martin
 2006 - Neil Simon
 2007 - Billy Crystal
 2008 - George Carlin
 2009 - Bill Cosby
 2010 - Tina Fey
 2011 - Will Ferrell
 2012 - Ellen DeGeneres
 2013 - Carol Burnett
 2014 - Jay Leno
 2015 - Eddie Murphy
 2016 - Bill Murray
 2017 - David Letterman
 2018 - Julia Louis-Dreyfus
 2019 - Dave Chappelle
 2020–2021 - Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
 2022 - Jon Stewart
 2023 - Adam Sandler

Other websites
 Mark Twain Prize from the Kennedy Center website
 Mark Twain Prize from the PBS website

Category:Comedy
Category:Literary awards
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