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Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde [a] (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.
Jun 17, 2024 · Oscar Wilde (born October 16, 1854, Dublin, Ireland—died November 30, 1900, Paris, France) was an Irish wit, poet, and dramatist whose reputation rests on his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), and on his comic masterpieces Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895).
- Karl Beckson
- It's beauty that captures your attention. personality which captures your heart. Oscar Wilde. Beauty, Heart, Personality.
- Be yourself; everyone else is taken. Oscar Wilde. Motivational, Being Happy, Being Yourself.
- An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass is twice the size it needs to be.
- If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well. If it is worth having, it is worth waiting for. If it is worth attaining, it is worth fighting for. If it is worth experiencing, it is worth putting aside time for.
Aug 16, 2023 · Author Oscar Wilde was known for his acclaimed works including 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' and 'The Importance of Being Earnest,' as well as his brilliant wit, style and infamous...
May 9, 2018 · Explore the best poems by Oscar Wilde, the Irish writer and wit who was also a playwright, novelist, and poet. From elegies to eroticism, from mythology to modernity, discover his lyrical and witty style.
Oscar Wilde, (born Oct. 16, 1854, Dublin, Ire.—died Nov. 30, 1900, Paris, France), Irish poet and dramatist. Son of an eminent surgeon, Wilde attended Trinity College, Dublin, and later Oxford University, becoming widely known for his wit while still an undergraduate.
The Annotated Oscar Wilde: Poems, Fictions, Plays, Lectures, Essays, and Letters, edited, with introduction and notes, by H. Montgomery Hyde, C. N. Potter (New York, NY), 1982, published as The Annotated Oscar Wilde, Orbis (London, England), 1982.
