Marquis, Don
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| Birthname | Perry, Donald Robert | ||||
| born on | 29 July 1878 at 15:00 (= 3:00 PM ) | ||||
| Place | Walnut (Bureau County), Illinois, 41n33, 89w36 | ||||
| Timezone | LMT m89w36 (is local mean time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   06°32'  06°08 Asc. 04°25'
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Biography
American writer and journalist, famed for his "archy and mehitabel," an autobiography written by a cockroach (archy) and his friend, an alley cat (mehitiabel), the entire book was written in lower case, inasmuch as the cockroach could not use the shift key. Marquis also wrote three books in the late '20s and early '30s along with light and serious poetry, comic and dramatic plays, novels and essays.
Prior to his literary success, he worked for the New York Evening Sun for ten years where he established himself as a humorist and satirist. Marquis worked as a journalist in Washington D.C. and Atlanta, GA.
Throughout his adult life he was forced to deal with poor health and Marquis died after a long illness on 29 December 1937, Forest Hills, NY.
Events
Source Notes
Arthur Blackwell quotes Edward Anthony, "O Rare Don Marquis" 1962
Categories
- Vocation : Writers : Columnist/ journalist
- Vocation : Writers : Fiction
- Vocation : Writers : Humor (Satire)
- Vocation : Writers : Poet