
Dorothy Parker (August 22, 1893-June 7, 1967) was an American short-story writer, poet, and critic. Her most famous works include A Star Is Born and Big Blonde. She was a founding member of the Algonquin Round Table.1
Works
Story collections
- Laments for the Living (1930)
- After Such Pleasures (1933)
- Here Lies: The Collected Stories of Dorothy Parker (1939)
- Collected Stories (1942)
- The Portable Dorothy Parker (1944)
Poetry collections
- Enough Rope (1926)
- Sunset Gun (1928)
- Death and Taxes (1931)
- Collected Poems: Not So Deep as a Well (1936)
- Collected Poetry (1944)
- Not Much Fun: The Lost Poems of Dorothy Parker (1996)
- Not Much Fun: The Lost Poems of Dorothy Parker 2nd Edition (2009)
Plays
- Close Harmony (1929)
- Ladies of the Corridor (1953)
Screenplays
- 1936: Suzy (1936)
- A Star is Born (1937)
- Sweethearts (1938)
- Trade Winds (1938)
- Week-End for Three (1941)
- Saboteur (1942)
- Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman (1947)
- The Fan (1949)
See also
External Links
- Interview with The Paris Review (Summer 1956)
- Academy of American Poets profile
- Goodreads profile
- IMDb profile
- Internet Broadway Database profile
- Poetry Foundation profile
- Works on Faded Page
- Works on Internet Archive
- Works on LibriVox
- Works on Project Gutenberg
- Dorothy Parker on Find A Grave
References
1. “Dorothy Parker.” Encyclopedia Britannica. Accessed September 2, 2020.