Writer · 1854 – 1900
Oscar Wilde
Wrote the brilliant comedies The Importance of Being Earnest and Lady Windermere's Fan and the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, becoming the most quotable wit of his age before imprisonment and disgrace.
Major Works
- The Importance of Being Earnest
- The Picture of Dorian Gray
- The Ballad of Reading Gaol
Impact Analysis
Wilde perfected the comedy of manners and the art of the epigram, and his life became a landmark in the history of art, celebrity and gay rights.
Historical influence score: 81/100
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