Mark Twain, s yisem-is aḥeqqani Samuel Langhorne Clemens, d amyaru amarikan, yella daɣen d amsaran, ilul ass n n 30 deg duǧember 1835 di Florida i d-yezgan di Missouri (Iwunak yedduklen), yemmut ass 21 deg yebrir 1910 di Redding. Yettwaḥsab d yiwen gar imyura meqqren n tutlayt taglizit n lqern wis IX.
Deg tutert-is, yebda-tt-id d asedas, yuɣal d amziggez, syin yegra-d d aneɣmas ɣur wat lminat n Nevada. Ma deg tira yettwassen tazwara s wungal-is i ibudd i imecṭaḥ : Icaliyen Tom Sawyer (1876)akked d wayeḍ iss i yettkemmil, Icaliyen n de Huckleberry Finn (1885). Isental-is ideg yeqwa usaran d usqecmeɛ, ttawin-d s tuget ɣef tmetti tamarikant n wenẓul d umalu i d-yeglem akken ilaq deg iḍrisen-is, imi din i d-yekker. Iḥekku-d s umata ɣef ayen i d-yettmagar deg isiklen-is, maca yessenqed daɣen tikli n yemdanen d kra yettwaɣen deg-s.