Wilde's parents were Anglo-Irish intellectuals in Dublin. 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. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s. Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. (m. 1884 died 1898)ChildrenCyril HollandVyvyan HollandParentsSir William Wilde (father)Jane, Lady Wilde (mother)RelativesWillie Wilde (brother)Merlin Holland (grandson)Signature LanguageEnglish, French, GreekAlma materTrinity College DublinMagdalen College, OxfordPeriodVictorian eraGenreEpigram, drama, short story, criticism, journalismLiterary movementAesthetic movementDecadent movementNotable works Oscar WildePhotograph by Napoleon Sarony, 1882BornOscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde()16 October 1854Dublin, IrelandDied30 November 1900() (aged 46)Paris, France For other uses, see Oscar Wilde (disambiguation). This article is about the Irish poet and playwright. Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854–1900)
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