Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

(1854–1900) essayist United Kingdom

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[Wikidata] Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)... | [Wikipedia] Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish author, poet and playwright. After writing in different literary styles throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular and influential dramatists in London in the early 1890s. He was a key figure in the emerging Aestheticism movement of the

About Oscar Wilde

Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish author, poet and playwright. After writing in different literary styles throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular and influential dramatists in London in the early 1890s. He was a key figure in the emerging Aestheticism movement of the late 19th century and is widely regarded the greatest playwright of the Victorian era. Wilde is best known for his Gothic novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), his epigrams, plays and bedtime stories for children, as well as his criminal conviction in 1895 for gross indecency and for practicing homosexual acts.

Known for:

The Picture of Dorian Gray|The Canterville Ghost|The Ballad of Reading Gaol|The Importance of Being Earnest|The Soul of Man under Socialism

Notable works:

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Awards:

Newdigate Prize

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