One of the contributors to the Candide (operetta) lyrics and Maxine Kumin are the same heritage.
Dorothy Parker (August 22, 1893  June 7, 1967) was an American poet, short story writer, critic, and satirist, best known for her wit, wisecracks and eye for 20th-century urban foibles. 
Maxine Kumin (June 6, 1925  February 6, 2014) was an American poet and author. 
 Other contributors to the text were John Latouche, Dorothy Parker, Lillian Hellman, Stephen Sondheim, John Mauceri, John Wells, and Bernstein himself. 
