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Don Marquis, early, 1910s. Donald Robert Perry Marquis (/ ˈ m ɑːr k w ɪ s / MAR-kwis; July 29, 1878 – December 29, 1937) was an American humorist, journalist, and author. He was variously a novelist, poet, newspaper columnist, and playwright.
Don Marquis (/ ˈ m ɑːr k w ɪ s / MAR-kwis; November 2, 1935 - September 13, 2022) was an American philosopher and deontologist whose main academic interests were in ethics and medical ethics. Marquis was Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kansas until his death.
Jul 25, 2024 · Don Marquis (born July 29, 1878, Walnut, Ill., U.S.—died Dec. 29, 1937, New York City) was a U.S. newspaperman, poet, and playwright, creator of the literary characters Archy, the cockroach, and Mehitabel, the cat, wry, down-and-out philosophers of the 1920s.
DonMarquis.com holds the largest collection of Marquis material anywhere outside of a library (a really big library), including sketches, poems and photos that haven’t been published in 100 years. Read and enjoy and explore.
Who was Don Marquis and who cares? Donald Robert Perry Marquis 1878-1937, was a newspaper columnist, humorist, poet, playwright and author of about 35 books of which the best known are books of humorous poetry about Archy the cockroach and Mehitabel the cat.
Feb 9, 2023 · Hope Don’t Gurgle: Don Marquis and Prohibition. Don Marquis was not only a humorist, author, poet and playwright, but from the 1910s into the mid-‘30s he was also perhaps the most popular and widely-quoted daily newspaper columnist in New York City.
Books by Don Marquis (what, where, when and how to buy them) DonMarquis.org celebrates the life and work of writer, columnist, humorist and short story writer Don Marquis, author of Archy and Mehitabel and The Old Soak.
Don Marquis (born July 29, 1878, Walnut, Ill., U.S.—died Dec. 29, 1937, New York City) was a U.S. newspaperman, poet, and playwright, creator of the literary characters Archy, the cockroach, and Mehitabel, the cat, wry, down-and-out philosophers of the 1920s.
Archy and Mehitabel (styled as archy and mehitabel) are fictional characters created in 1916 by Don Marquis, a columnist for The Evening Sun newspaper in New York City. Archy, a cockroach, and Mehitabel, an alley cat, appeared in hundreds of humorous verses and short stories in Marquis's daily column, "The Sun Dial".
Oct 11, 2020 · Donald Robert Perry Marquis (29 July 1878 – 29 December 1937) was an American humorist, journalist, novelist, poet, cartoonist, newspaper columnist, and playwright most famous for creating the characters "Archy" the cockroach, and "Mehitabel" the cat.
