Dorothy Parker

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Personal Info

Known for

Writing

From

Long Branch, New Jersey, USA

Born

8/22/1893

Age

131

Credit(s)

3

Biography

Dorothy Parker (née Rothschild; August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet, writer, critic, and satirist based in New York; she was known for her wit, wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles. From a conflicted and unhappy childhood, Parker rose to acclaim, both for her literary works published in magazines, such as The New Yor ...Show More