Oscar Wildephotographed in 1882 by Napoleon Sarony (1821-1896)
Wilde
W0153500 (wīld), Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills 1854-1900. Irish writer. Renowned as a wit in London literary circles, he achieved recognition with The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), a novel. He also wrote plays of lively dialogue, such as The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), and poetry, including "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" (1898).
