Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854–1900)
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Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s. He is best remembered for his epigrams and plays, his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, and the circumstances of his criminal conviction for gross indecency for consensual homosexual acts in "one of the first celebrity trials", imprisonment, and early death from meningitis at the age of 46.

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Oscar Wilde was born on Monday, 16 October 1854 in Dublin, Ireland. His full name at birth was Oscar Fingal O`Flahertie Wills Wilde. He was best known as a writer. Wilde's country of citizenship (nationality) was Irish. He died on Thursday, 29 November 1900 in Paris, France at the age of 46. Oscar attended high school at Portora Royal School at Enniskillen. For university, he studied at Trinity College in Dublin. His religion is listed as Roman Catholic. He was 6' 3" (190 cm) tall with an average build. He had hazel eyes and dark brown hair (color). His zodiac star sign was Libra.

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Full name at birth
Oscar Fingal O`Flahertie Wills Wilde
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Claim to fame
Best known for his philosophical novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (1890/1891), his epigrams, and plays such as "The Importance of Being Earnest" (1895)
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Date of birth
16 October 1854
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Place of birth
Dublin, Ireland
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Date of death
29 November 1900
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Age
46 (age at death)
Place of death
Paris, France
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Cause of death
Cerebral Meningitis
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Occupation
Poet, playwright, novelist, journalist, essayist, critic, editor, aesthete, dandy, letter writer
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6' 3" (190 cm)
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Tall stature
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  • Dublin, Ireland
  • Paris, France
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Portora Royal School at Enniskillen
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  • Trinity College in Dublin
  • Oxford University
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All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.

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