Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde was born Oscar Finagl O’Flahertie Wills Wilde on October 16, 1854 in the city of Dublin, Ireland. Growing up Wilde was exposed to the literature of the day by listening to talks at his mother’s salon. His mother’s name was Jane Franceseca Elgee. She wrote many revolutionary poems under the pen name ‘Speranza.’ William, Wilde’s father and a graduated surgeon, completed voyages to North Africa and the Middle East …showed first 75 words of 374 total…

…showed last 75 words of 374 total…witty dialogue between characters, and sharply contrasting paradoxes. An obscure motion picture entitled Wilde was produced in 1997. This fictionalized biography depicted the Wilde’s public and private struggles related to his profession and homosexual lifestyle. Oscar Wilde is recognized today as one of the brilliant social commentators of our past and as one of the chief proponents of the aesthetic movement. He will forever be remembered for delighting his readers with his cleverness and wit.