Master of the short humorous essay, regular contributor to The New Yorker in its early 20th-Century heyday, writer for the Marx Brothers movies, self-described "button-cute" belle-lettrist whose home was New York but who wrote extensively of his worldwide travels. In his own words, "before they made Perelman, they broke the mold."
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Encyclopedia Brunonia: S.J. Perelman
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Entry on one of Brown University's most noteworthy alumni from Marcia Mitchell's work for the institution's library.
Perelman: A Portrait of the Artist as an Aging New Yorker Humorist
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Footnoted article by Sanford Pinsker of Franklin and Marshall College on the writer's life and writings in the context of his association with the Marx Brothers and other celebrities. Excerpts from his works.
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That Old Feeling: Perelmania
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Time magazine columnist Richard Corliss celebrates the 100th birthday of the humorist.
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