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Dorothy Parker
1893–1967
Best known for razor-sharp wit and brilliantly observant writing, this American poet, critic, and short-story writer helped define the smart, modern voice of 20th-century New York. Her work could be funny in one line and unexpectedly heartbreaking in the next.
4 Audiobooks
Enough rope: poems
by Dorothy Parker
High society : Advice as to social campaigning, and hints on the management of dowagers, dinners, debutantes, dances, and the thousand and one diversions of persons of quality
by George S. (George Shepard) Chappell, Frank Crowninshield, Dorothy Parker
Men I'm Not Married To; Women I'm Not Married To
by Dorothy Parker, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce) Adams
Men I'm Not Married To
by Dorothy Parker
About the author
Born in 1893, Dorothy Parker became one of the most recognizable literary voices of her era. She wrote poetry, reviews, fiction, and screenplays, and she was closely associated with New York's Algonquin Round Table, the celebrated circle of writers and critics known for its sparkling conversation and satire.
Parker built her reputation through magazine work and through poems and stories that mixed elegance, humor, and emotional bite. She wrote for Vogue and Vanity Fair, later contributed to The New Yorker, and published memorable collections such as Enough Rope. Her short story "Big Blonde" won the O. Henry Award, and her screenwriting work included A Star Is Born.
Behind the famous one-liners was a writer with a keen eye for loneliness, disappointment, and social performance. That blend of wit and vulnerability is a big part of why her work still feels fresh today. Parker died in 1967, but she remains a touchstone for readers who love writing that is clever, unsentimental, and deeply human.