Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) was a champion of aestheticism and criticism, a literary artist and playwright remembered as much for his intellect and wit as he was for being imprisoned as a homosexual—a catastrophe that led to his early death. Married in 1884, he fathered two sons and relished six years of creativity that produced his classic only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and his dramas, Lady Windermere’s Fan, A Woman of No Importance, and The Importance of Being Earnest, his masterpiece for the ages.
WORKS THAT HAVE APPEARED IN NARRATIVE:
- The Decay of Lying, a short story, in Stories of the Week: 2018–2019
- Magdalen Walks, poetry, in Poems of the Week: 2016–2017