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Don Marquis

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Playwright

The Resume

    (July 29, 1878-December 29, 1937)
    Resided in New York City
    Best known for his 'Archy and Mehitabel' series
    Wrote 'The Old Soak (1921),' 'Noah and Jonah 'n Cap'n John Smith (1921),' 'The Revolt of the Oyster (1922),' 'The Old Soak's History of the World (1924),' 'Archy and Mehitabel (1927),' 'When the Turtles Sing (1928),' 'A Variety of People (1929)' and 'Chapters for the Orthodox (1934)'

Why he might be annoying:

    He was a journalist.
    He hated humanity.
    He said: 'Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.'
    His best-known book is a long poem about a cockroach and a cat who fall in love.
    He's not too well remembered today.

Why he might not be annoying:

    His works are biting and satirical.
    He said: 'A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.'
    He loved making fun of idiots, drunks and religious maniacs.
    Although he ridiculed fundamentalists, he was religious and wrote a serious play about Christ.
    He was a talented cartoonist as well as a writer.
    He outlived his wife and their five-year-old son.
    He had several strokes at the end of his life.
    Dorothy Parker, James Thurber and other famous wits considered him their inspiration.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 69.23% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 17 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 26 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 30 Votes: 63.33% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 77 Votes: 58.44% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 111 Votes: 54.95% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 172 Votes: 46.51% Annoying