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Dorothy Parker (August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist, best 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 output in such venues as The New Yorker and as a founding member of the Algonquin Round Table. Following the breakup of the circle, Parker traveled to Hollywood to pursue screenwriting. Her successes there, including two Academy Award nominations, were curtailed as her involvement in left-wing politics led to a place on the Hollywood blacklist.

Dismissive of her own talents, she deplored her reputation as a "wisecracker". Nevertheless, her literary output and reputation for her sharp wit have endured.

Born Dorothy Rothschild
August 22, 1893
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States
Died June 7, 1967 (aged 73)
New York City, New York, United States
Occupation Author, poet, critic, screenwriter
Nationality American
Genres Poetry, satire
Literary movement American modernism
Notable work(s) Enough Rope, Sunset Gun, Star Light, Star Bright--, A Star Is Born
Notable award(s) O. Henry Award
1929
Spouse(s) Edwin Pond Parker II (1917–1928)
Alan Campbell (1934–1947)
Alan Campbell (1950–1963)
www.dorothyparker.com

Marion Meade (born January 7, 1934) is an American biographer and novelist, whose subjects stretch from 12th-century French royalty to 20th-century stand-up comedians. She is best known for her portraits of literary figures and iconic filmmakers.[1]

Born in Pittsburgh, the eldest of three children, Meade grew up in an academic environment. Her father, Surain Singh Sidhu, a Sikh immigrant from Amritsar, India, taught physics at the University of Pittsburgh. Her mother Mary, a Hungarian-American, was a homemaker whose hobbies included writing song lyrics and raising orchids. Meade first became interested in journalism while attending Bethel Township High School where she edited the school paper and worked summers on a local newspaper.[2]

She studied journalism at Northwestern University, graduating in 1955. The following year she moved to New York, earned a master’s degree from Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, and found her first reporting job as an assistant to Earl Wilson, the popular Broadway columnist for the New York Post. She subsequently worked for publications in New York and Washington, before becoming a free lancer and publishing articles in the New York Times, The Nation, The New Republic and McCall's.

Meade’s first book, published in 1973, was a direct result of her involvement in the women’s liberation movement of the Sixties. Inspired by her participation in feminist consciousness-raising groups, she questioned women of all ages to reveal how they secretly regard the males in their lives and wrote Bitching, a less than favorable review of the opposite sex.[1]

Born January 7, 1934 (age 80)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Occupation writer, novelist
Nationality United States
Genres biography
Notable work(s) Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This?