Oscar Wilde ... Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde[a] (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish author, poet and playwright. After writing in different literary styles throughout the …

Nov 26, 2025 · Oscar Wilde (born October 16, 1854, Dublin, Ireland—died November 30, 1900, Paris, France) was an Irish wit, poet, and dramatist whose enduring fame rests on his only …

May 23, 2025 · Oscar Wilde was an author, playwright, and poet in late Victorian England known for The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest. Originally from Ireland, …

Oscar Wilde was a nineteenth-century Irish poet and playwright, one of the most influential and celebrated. Associated with the Aesthetic Movement, he connected to the visual arts of his …

His lasting literary fame resides primarily in four or five plays, one of which—The Importance of Being Earnest, first produced in 1895—is a classic of comic theater. His only novel, The …

Oscar Wilde was an Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest playwrights of the Victorian Era. In his lifetime he wrote nine plays, one novel, and …

Oscar Wilde remains a pivotal figure in literary history. His unique writing style, his insightful social commentary, and his embrace of aestheticism have had a lasting impact on writers and artists …

When Oscar Wilde married Constance Lloyd on 29 May 1884, he was a few months short of his thirtieth birthday, and Constance was twenty-five. Although Wilde was well-known as a wit and …

Sep 25, 2025 · Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish writer best known for The Picture of Dorian Gray and witty plays like The Importance of Being Earnest. He became a cultural icon for his …

Nov 28, 2025 · 125 years after Wilde’s death, Merlin Holland comes to terms with his family’s complicated history in After Oscar: The Legacy of a Scandal.