WHO WAS
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Oscar Wilde
Best remembered as a playwright, Wilde was also a popular author of essays, poems, and short stories. His lectures and memorable aphorisms attracted followers years before his plays became successful. His private life drew even more attention, but his writing has withstood the test of time and has much to say to today’s audiences and readers. Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde was born on October 16th, 1854 in Dublin, Ireland. Wilde later attended Dublin’s Trinity College and Magdalen College in Oxford, England from which he graduated with a degree in Classical Literature. Much of Wilde’s writing was influenced by his mother Jane, a poet. Even then, Wilde was well known for his eccentric fashion and behavior.
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