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Oscar Wilde
AuthorBooks · Second hand1854-1900
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.
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About Oscar Wilde
Birth
1854
Death
1900
First book
1878
Years writing
22
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.
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Oscar Wilde was a prominent Irish playwright and poet, renowned for his biting wit and famous aphorisms.
His only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, remains one of the most iconic works in world literature.
During his time in prison, he used the pseudonym C.3.3. to sign his writings.
He was one of the most successful playwrights of the Victorian era in London, notably with The Importance of Being Earnest.
After his release, he spent his final years in exile, far from his native Ireland and Britain.
