Author:Donald Robert Perry Marquis
Pen name Don Marquis. American poet, artist, newspaper columnist, humorist, playwright and author. Remembered best for his comic creations, "Archy and Mehitabel," a cockroach and an alley cat, supposed authors of humorous verse. During his lifetime he was equally famous for creating another fictitious character, "the Old Soak."
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Works[edit]
- A Nightmare
- Danny's Own Story (1912)
- Dreams and Dust Poetry and prose collection (1915)
- Cruise of the Jasper B (1916)
- Hermione and Her Little Group of Serious Thinkers (1916)
- Autobiographical Sketch (1916)
- "The Pacifist's Lament" a poem from Fifes and Drums (1917) by Vigilantes; p. 24.
- Noah and Jonah N Cap'n John Smith (1921)
- The Old Soak; and, Hail and Farewell (1921) IA
- Carter and Other People (1921)
- Sonnets to a Red Haired Lady and Famous Love Affairs (1922)
- Poems and Portraits (1922)
- The Revolt of the Oyster (1922)
- The Dark Hours (1924)
- Out of the Sea (1927)
- Archy and Mehitabel (1927)
- Off The Arm (1930)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2025 due to Renewal R191751
Short works from magazines[edit]
- "The Towers of Manhattan" (poem) Scribner's Magazine, Jun 1915
- "The Mulatto" in Harper's Monthly Magazine, Apr 1916
- "Fits and starts" in Harper's Monthly Magazine, Jul 1919
- "Mother Goose, Propagandist" in Harper's Monthly Magazine, Aug 1919
- "Three Pigs" in Harper's Monthly Magazine, Dec 1919
- "Looney the Mutt" (1921 Jan, Everybody's) (ss)
- "Never Say Die" (1921 Apr, Everybody's) (ss)
- "Kale" (1921 Sept, Everybody's) (ss)
Works about Marquis[edit]
- "Don Marquis, Poet" (1926), an essay by Stuart Pratt Sherman
Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1929.
This author died in 1937, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 86 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.
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