Don Marquis
Donald Robert Perry Marquis (/ˈmɑːrkwɪs/ MAR-kwis; July 29, 1878, in Walnut, Illinois – December 29, 1937, in New York City) was a 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", supposed authors 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 movie (1926) and a talkie (1937).
Life
Marquis grew up in Walnut, Illinois. His brother David died in 1892 at the age of 20; his father James died in 1897. After graduating from Walnut High School in 1894, he attended Knox Academy, a now-defunct preparatory program run by Knox College, in 1896, but left after three months. From 1902 to 1907 he served on the editorial board of the Atlanta Journal where he wrote many editorials during the heated election between his publisher Hoke Smith and future Pulitzer Prize winner, Clark Howell (Smith was the victor).
Don Marquis (philosopher)
Don Marquis (born 1935) is an American philosopher whose main academic interests are in ethics and medical ethics. Marquis is currently Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kansas.
Marquis earned an A.B. in Anatomy and Physiology from Indiana University in 1957. After receiving an M.A. in History from the University of Pittsburgh in 1962, Marquis returned to Indiana University to study philosophy. He received an M.A. in History and Philosophy of Science from Indiana in 1964 and a Ph.D. in Philosophy in 1970. He has taught at the University of Kansas since 1967. During the 2007/08 academic year, Marquis held the Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Professorship for Distinguished Teaching at the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University.
Marquis is best known for his paper "Why Abortion Is Immoral", which appeared in The Journal of Philosophy in April, 1989. This paper has been reprinted over 80 times, and is widely cited in the philosophical debate over abortion. The main argument in the paper is sometimes known as the "deprivation argument", since a central premise is that abortion deprives an embryo or fetus of a "future like ours".
Marquis, Will Filmography
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2011, role: actor , character name: Vampire
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2011, role: actor , character name: Bar Patron
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2011, role: miscellaneous crew
Marquis, Don Filmography
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2001, role: writer
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1970, role: writer
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1937, role: writer
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1936, role: writer
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1931, role: writer
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1931, role: writer
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1926, role: writer
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1923, role: director
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Don Marquis
Fierce Pajamas: Selections From an Anthology of Humor Writing by The New Yorker
- Dusk in Fierce Pajamas
- Save My Seat
- Hassidic Tales, With a Guide to Their Interpretation by the Noted Scholar...
- The Ultimate Diary
- Who's Who in the Cast
- In the New Canada, Living Is a Way of Life
- Corrections
- Stardate 12:00 12:00 12:00
- Glengarry Glen Plaid
- Teen Times
- Press Agents I Have Known
- The Greatest Man in the World (Beginning)
Don Marcos
De caballos y valientes
se han trivado mil corridos,
pero este es muy diferente
afinen bien sus sentidos.
No es de una traicion de amores,
ni es una historia de narcos,
es la historia de un ranchero
el corrido de Don Marcos.
Amansador de potrancas,
enamorado deveras,
se brinco todas las tranca,
para el nunca hubo fronteras
"el ilegal", "viejo joven"
sus canciones verdaderas.
Nacio el dieciocho de Junio,
y murio el ocho de Agosto,
su gusto por los caballos
le cobro el mas alto costo.
Si canto no es porque pueda,
Si lloro no es por cobarde,
En mi alma hay toque de queda,
le estoy cantando a mi padre.
Amansador de potrancas,
enamorado deveras,
se brinco todas las tranca,
para el nunca hubo fronteras
ay! Ilegal, viejo joven
si que dolio que te fueras.
No te hice cruz de madera,
ni te hice cruz de cemento,
solo te hice este corrido,
y en mi alma tu monumento.
