OscarWildewasanIrishpoet,playwright,andauthor,bornonOctober16,1854,inDublin,Ireland.Heisbestknownforhiswit,flamboyantstyle,andbrilliantcontributionstoliterature.Wildewrotefamousworkssuchas"ThePictureofDorianGray,"anovelexploringthemesofbeautyandmorality,andplayslike"TheImportanceofBeingEarnest,"acomedyofmanners.HissharphumorandcleverwordplaymadehimaprominentfigureinlateVictoriansociety.However,hislifetookatragicturnwhenhewasimprisonedforhomosexuality,whichwasillegalatthetime.WildediedinpovertyonNovember30,1900,inParis,France,buthisliterarylegacycontinuestoinspirereadersworldwide.
