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Don Marquis

Humorist, novelist, poet, newspaper columnist, and playwright. Creator of the characters Archy and Mehitabel, supposed authors of humorous verse.

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Born 1878
Died 1937

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  • Cover of: A Subtreasury of American humor

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  • Cover of: archy and mehitabel

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  • Cover of: The cruise of the Jasper B

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  • Cover of: Danny's own story.: Illustrated by E.W. Kemble.

    Cover of edition dannysownstory00marqrich First published in 1912 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: Hermione and her little group of serious thinkers

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  • Cover of: the lives and times of archy and mehitabel

    First published in 1935 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: Dreams & dust: poems

    Cover of edition dreamsdust00marqrich First published in 1915 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: Prefaces

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  • Cover of: Noah an' Jonah an' Cap'n John Smith: a book of humorous verse

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  • Cover of: Archy's Life of Mehitabel

    First published in 1933 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The Dark Hours: Five Scenes From A History

    First published in 1924 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The Old Soak ; and, Hail and farewell

    First published in 1921 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The revolt of the oyster

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  • Cover of: The United States in Literature

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  • Cover of: Carter and other people

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  • Cover of: Sonnets to a red-haired lady: (by a gentleman with a blue beard) and famous love affairs

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  • Cover of: Archy and Mehitabel

    First published in 1936 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: best of Don Marquis

    First published in 1939 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The old soak: a comedy in three acts

    First published in 1926 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Dreams & dust, poems

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Born 1878
Died 1937

Subjects

Mehitabel (Fictitious character), Cats, Archy (Fictitious character), Cockroaches, American Humorous poetry, Drama, Poetry, American wit and humor, Fiction, Fiction, humorous, general, Literary collections, Humorous poetry, Cats, poetry, Children's fiction, Fiction, short stories (single author), Humorous poetry, American, Poetry (poetic works by one author), first-person narrative, gallows, horror fiction, self-hatred, short story, unreliable narrators, American Authors, American drama

Places

United States, Missouri, New York (State), Saint Louis

People

Jesus Christ, Don Marquis (1878-1937), Amanda Wingfield, Christopher Darlington Morley (1800-), E. B. White (1899- ,), E. B. White (1899-), Henry VIII King of England (1491-1547), Jim O'Connor, Katharine S. White, Laura Wingfield, Tom Wingfield

Time

20th century, Civil War, 1861-1865, Roaring twenties, but applicable to all eras

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Alternative names

  • Donald Robert Perry Marquis

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
May 18, 2020 Edited by Tom Morris Add full name and brief bio
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
June 7, 2012 Edited by VacuumBot Removed period from death date
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import