Algonquin Round Table

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Algonquin Round Table

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

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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