GROUP

1920s circle of literary figures who met daily for lunch at New York City's Algonquin Hotel.

Location:
New York City

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Franklin Pierce Adams	Columnist	15-Nov-1881	23-Mar-1960	New York columnist, The Conning Tower
Robert Benchley	Author	15-Sep-1889	21-Nov-1945	Humorist and screenwriter
Heywood Broun	Journalist	7-Dec-1888	18-Dec-1939	Muckraking reporter of the 1920s and '30s
Marc Connelly	Playwright	13-Dec-1890	21-Dec-1980	The Green Pastures
Edna Ferber	Novelist	15-Aug-1885	16-Apr-1968	Show Boat and Giant
Ruth Hale	Activist	1886	18-Sep-1933	Maiden name crusader
George S. Kaufman	Playwright	16-Nov-1889	2-Jun-1961	You Can't Take It With You
Harpo Marx	Actor	23-Nov-1888	28-Sep-1964	Silent harp-playing Marx Brother
Dorothy Parker	Author	22-Aug-1893	7-Jun-1967	Constant Reader known for acerbic quips
Harold W. Ross	Publisher	6-Nov-1892	6-Dec-1951	Founder of The New Yorker
Robert E. Sherwood	Playwright	4-Apr-1896	14-Nov-1955	Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Donald Ogden Stewart	Author	30-Nov-1894	2-Aug-1980	The Philadelphia Story
Alexander Woollcott	Critic	18-Jan-1887	23-Jan-1943	The Man Who Came to Dinner

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