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Bio

(1904-1979) Writer, humorist. S. J. Perelman was born in Brooklyn, New York. He was a frequent contributor to “The New Yorker.”

Full Name

S J Perelman

Locations

Kings

Author's Timeline


1904

BIRTH

Sidney (Sydney) Joseph Perelman was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1904.

1929

LITWORK

Dawn Ginsbergh's Revenge


Collection of short fiction.

1931

LITWORK

Monkey Business


Screenplay.

1932

LITWORK

Horse Feathers


Screenplay.

1947

LITWORK

Acres And Pains


Collection of short fiction.

1948

LITWORK

Westward Ha!; or, Around the World in Eighty Cliches


Collection of short fiction.

1952

LITWORK

The Ill-Tempered Clavichord


Collection of short fiction.

1957

LITWORK

The Road to Miltown; or, Under the Spreading Atrophy


Collection of short fiction.

1958

LITWORK

The Most of S. J. Perelman


Collection of short fiction.

1966

LITWORK

Chicken Inspector No. 23


Collection of short fiction.

1970

LITWORK

Baby, It's Cold Inside


Collection of short fiction.

1979

DEATH

S. J. Perelman died in Manhattan, New York in 1979.

1979

INTERMENT

S. J. Perelman's body was cremated and the ashes were buried under a tree in West Hurley, New York.

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