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Raised on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, Dorothy Parker built a career that was defined by her wit and her incisive commentary on contemporary America. She was born two months prematurely at her family’s summer home in West End, New Jersey. By the time she was five, she had lost her mother; by age…
Nov 16, 2023 · Profile. Journalist, writer, and poet. Born Dorothy Rothschild on August 22, 1893, in West End, New Jersey. Dorothy Parker was a legendary literary figure, known for her biting wit. She...
Dorothy Parker - A founding member of the Algonquin Round Table, Dorothy Parker's work was known for its scathing wit and intellectual commentary.
Mar 3, 2020 · Updated on March 03, 2020. Dorothy Parker (born Dorothy Rothschild; August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet and satirist. Despite a roller coaster of a career that included a stint on a Hollywood blacklist, Parker produced a large volume of witty, successful work that has endured.
Jun 16, 2017 · John Dugdale. Fri 16 Jun 2017 07.00 EDT. A bestselling poet who moved on to fiction, Dorothy Parker, who died 50 years ago this month, single-handedly invented “the New Yorker short story”, the...
Jan 11, 2024 · Posted on April 4, 2024 by Kevin Fitzpatrick. Woodlawn Cemetery is the final resting place of Dorothy Parker and her family. To mark International Poetry Month, the Woodlawn Conservancy will host a book night online via Zoom on Monday, April 15, 2024, 7:00 p.m. ET.
Parker’s leftish politics got her blacklisted from Hollywood, and when she died, in 1967, she had little money. But she left her modest estate, including the rights to her literary work, to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., stipulating that the estate would pass to the NAACP in the event of his death.
