Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker
Born	August 22, 1893; Long Branch, New Jersey, United States
Died	June 7, 1967 (aged 73); New York City, New York, United States; Heart attack
Occupation	Author, poet, critic, screenwriter
Nationality	American
Genre	Poetry, satire
Literary movement	American modernism
Notable works	Enough Rope, Sunset Gun, A Star Is Born
Notable awards	O. Henry Award ; 1929 ;
Spouse	Edwin Pond Parker II (1917-1928); Alan Campbell (1934-1947); Alan Campbell (1950-1963)
Website
	www.dorothyparker.com

Dorothy Parker (August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist. She was best known for her epigrams, wit, wisecracks, and her eye for 20th century fads and conceits.

From an unhappy childhood, Parker rose to fame, both for her writing in The New Yorker and as a founding member of the Algonquin Round Table.^[1] After the breakup of the circle, Parker went to Hollywood to do screenwriting. She got two Academy Award nominations for this, but her involvement in left-wing politics put her on the Hollywood blacklist in the 1950s.

She disliked her reputation as a "wisecracker". Nevertheless, her writing and reputation for her sharp wit have endured.

Sayings of Dorothy

Caption written for Vogue 1916

First printed in New York World, (16 August 1925)

Her proposed epitaph for herself, quoted in Vanity Fair (June 1925)

About a child actress in her review of same, "Just Around Pooh Corner" in The New Yorker (14 March 1931)

Review of "The House Beautiful" by Channing Pollock, New Yorker (21 March 1931)

↑ The Algonquin Round Table was a literary circle which used to lunch at the Algonquin Hotel in midtown Manhattan.

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