Conan O’Brien to receive Mark Twain Prize for lifetime achievement in comedy

Conan O’Brien will be honoured on March 23 (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Comedian and host Conan O’Brien has been named the newest recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for lifetime achievement in comedy.

O’Brien, 61, has carved out an improbable decades-long career arc, moving from goofy television interloper to comedic elder statesman.