Joseph Moncure March

Joseph Moncure March
Born(1899-07-27)July 27, 1899
New York City, U.S.
DiedFebruary 14, 1977(1977-02-14) (aged 77)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation
  • Poet
  • screenwriter
  • essayist
  • editor
EducationDeWitt Clinton High School
Alma materAmherst College
Years active1921–1964
Notable works
Spouse
  • Cyra Thomas
    (m. 1921, divorced)
  • Sue Wise
    (m. 1928, divorced)
  • Peggy Prior
    (m. 1932)

Joseph Moncure March (July 27, 1899 – February 14, 1977) was an American poet, screenwriter, and essayist, best known for his long narrative poems The Wild Party and The Set-Up.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Hell's Angels". The New York Times. 1930.
  2. ^ Art Spiegelman's prologue to the 1994 Spiegelman-illustrated reissue of The Wild Party. See Joseph Moncure March, The Wild Party: The Lost Classic by Joseph Moncure March, Pantheon Books (1994), pp. VI-VIII