Parker wrote in her essay, "My Home Town," that her parents returned to their Manhattan apartment shortly after Labor Day so that she could be called a true New Yorker. Her parents had a summer beach cottage there. Early life and education Īlso known as Dot or Dottie, Parker was born Dorothy Rothschild in 1893 to Jacob Henry Rothschild and his wife Eliza Annie (née Marston) (1851–1898) at 732 Ocean Avenue in Long Branch, New Jersey. Some of her works have been set to music adaptations included the operatic song cycle Hate Songs by composer Marcus Paus. Her successes there, including two Academy Award nominations, were curtailed when her involvement in left-wing politics resulted in her being placed on the Hollywood blacklist.ĭismissive of her own talents, she deplored her reputation as a "wisecracker." Nevertheless, both her literary output and reputation for sharp wit have endured. Following the breakup of the circle, Parker traveled to Hollywood to pursue screenwriting.
Dorothy Parker (née Rothschild Aug– 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.įrom a conflicted and unhappy childhood, Parker rose to acclaim, both for her literary works published in magazines, such as The New Yorker, and as a founding member of the Algonquin Round Table.
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