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What was Oscar Wilde’s full name?

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DOscar Fitzgerald Wilde

Answer:

A. Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde

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  • Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) was an Irish writer, poet, and playwright, best known for his wit, flamboyant personality, and social criticism.

  • Full Name: Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde

  • Birth: 16 October 1854, Dublin, Ireland

  • Studied Classical Studies at Trinity College, Dublin

  • Won a scholarship to Oxford University

  • Influenced by Walter Pater (founder of Aestheticism) and John Ruskin (art critic)

  • He began writing in various forms during the 1880s

  • He became a popular playwright in London in the early 1890s

  • Famous for epigrams, plays, and his novel

  • He had an affair with Lord Alfred Douglas and convicted of gross indecency for homosexuality , imprisoned for two years (1895–1897)

  • While in prison, wrote De Profundis (a long letter to Lord Alfred Douglas)

  • After release, he wrote The Ballad of Reading Gaol

  • Wilde was a key figure in the Aesthetic Movement, which emphasized "art for art’s sake."

  • His personal life was marred by scandal when he was imprisoned for homosexuality in 1895.

  • After his release, he lived in exile in France, where he died in 1900.Reputation was damaged due to his trial and imprisonment

  • Lived in exile in France after prison

  • Died on 30 November 1900 at age 46


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