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Dorothy Parker (née Rothschild; August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet and writer of fiction, plays and screenplays based in New York; she was known for her caustic wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles.
313 quotes from Dorothy Parker: 'Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.', 'If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.', and '<b>Résumé</b> Razors pain you, Rivers are damp, Acids stain you, And drugs cause cramp.
Aug 18, 2024 · Dorothy Parker (born August 22, 1893, West End, near Long Beach, New Jersey, U.S.—died June 7, 1967, New York, New York) was an American short-story writer, poet, screenwriter, and critic known for her witty—and often acerbic—remarks.
Jun 7, 2017 · On the 50th anniversary of her death, Hephzibah Anderson looks beyond Dorothy Parker’s wisecracks to find another side of the legendary wit.
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.
Nov 16, 2023 · Who Was Dorothy Parker? In the 1920s, Dorothy Parker (born August 22, 1893) came to fame writing book reviews, poetry, and short fiction for fledgling magazine The New Yorker. She was also a...
Dorothy Parker - A founding member of the Algonquin Round Table, Dorothy Parker's work was known for its scathing wit and intellectual commentary.
Aug 9, 1993 · She was a staff writer for Vanity Fair from 1917 to 1920. From 1927 to 1931, under the nom de plume Constant Reader, she was The New Yorker’s lead book critic. Her light verse, which...
Jul 23, 2024 · Dorothy Parker was among many New Yorkers who found a second home in beautiful Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in the 1930s. Just 82 miles southwest of Times Square, the rolling hills and farmhouses drew the city dwellers during the Depression.
Dorothy Parker (1893-1967) Dorothy Parker was born to J. Henry and Elizabeth Rothschild on Aug. 22, 1893, at their summer home in West End, New Jersey. The family cottage was on Ocean Avenue; it burned down before World War I. Dorothy’s mother died in West End when she was four years old.
