1878
Don Marquis, American author, poet, and playwright (died 1937)
Don Marquis, American author, poet, and playwright (died 1937)
Don Marquis, American author, poet, and playwright (died 1937)
Don Marquis
American writer (1878–1937)
- Born
- 1878
Donald Robert Perry Marquis was an American humorist, journalist, and author. He was variously a novelist, poet, newspaper columnist, and playwright. He is remembered best for creating the characters Archy and Mehitabel, Archy being a supposed author of humorous verse. During his lifetime he was equally famous for creating another fictitious character, "the Old Soak," who was the subject of two books, a hit Broadway play (1922–23), a silent film (1926) and a talkie (1937).