Who is Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Parker Timeline

The Life and Publications of Dorothy Parker

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• 1893 -- Parker was born on August 22.
• 1897 -- Parker's mother passed away.
• 1913 -- Parker's father passed away.
• 1914 -- Parker published her first poem entitled "Any Porch."
• 1917 - 1920 -- Parker became a staff writer for Vogue.
• 1917 -- Parker married Edwin Pond Parker II.
• 1919 -- The Algonquin Round Table met for the first time.
• 1920 -- Parker was fired from Vanity Fair.
• 1920 - 1923 -- Parker contributed essays, poetry, and reviews to Ainslee's, Saturday Evening Post, Ladies' Home Journal, Everybody's, and Life.
• 1922 -- Parker published her first book, Women I'm Not Married To; Men I'm Not Married To.
• 1925 -- Parker worked on her first film script, Business is Business, with George Kaufman.
• 1926 -- Parker published Enough Rope, a collection of poems. It was a best-seller.
• 1927 - 1931 -- Parker contributed fiction, poetry, and reviews to The New Yorker.
• 1928 -- Parker divorced Edwin Parker. She also published Sunset Gun, a collection of poetry.
• 1929 -- Parker won the O. Henry Award for her short story "Big Blonde."
• 1930 -- Parker published Laments for the Living, a collection of fiction.
• 1931 -- Parker published Death and Taxes, a collection of poems.
• 1933 -- Parker published After Such Pleasures, a collection of stories.
• 1934 -- Parker married Alan Campbell.
• 1936 -- Parker published Not so Deep as a Well, a collection of poetry.
• 1939 -- Parker published Here Lies, a collection of stories.
• 1942 -- Parker published Collected Stories.
• 1944 -- The Viking Portable Library: Dorothy Parker is published with poems and stories selected by Parker.
• 1947 -- Parker divorced from Alan Campbell.
• 1950 -- Parker remarried Alan Campbell.
• 1957 - 1963 -- Parker served as a book reviewer for Esquire.
• 1958 -- Parker published her last short story, "Bolt in the Blue," in Esquire.
• 1959 -- Parker inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
• 1963 -- Parker's husband Alan Campbell committed suicide.
• 1963 - 1964 -- Parker served as the Distinguished Visiting Professor of English at the California State College at L.A.
• 1964 -- Parker published her last magazine piece for Esquire.
• 1967 -- Parker died of a heart attack.