Author
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde (October 1854 – November 1900) was a flamboyant and sparklingly witty Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and critic. He published his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray in 1890 and then won fame and fortune with three hugely successful society plays, LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN (1892), AN IDEAL HUSBAND (1895) and THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (1895). In late 1891 Wilde wrote SALOMÉ, which was banned from performance in England by the lord chamberlain. It was first produced in February 1896 in Paris.