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Oscar Wilde , an Irish author , playwright , and poet , was born on October 16, 1854, in Dublin and died on November 30, 1900, in Paris . His birth name was Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde . He held citizenship in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Republic of Ireland .
Wilde was also a journalist , novelist , writer , aesthetician , publicist , screenwriter , and essayist . He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin , and Magdalen College, Oxford .
Throughout his career, Wilde worked across various genres, including essay , Gothic fiction , poetry , short story , fairy tale , tragedy , narrative poetry , comedy , novel , and drama .
Some of his notable works include The Importance of Being Earnest , The Picture of Dorian Gray , The Canterville Ghost , and The Soul of Man under Socialism . He used the pseudonyms С.3.3. and Себастьян Мельмот (Sebastian Melmoth) .
Oscar Wilde was the son of William Wilde and Jane Wilde and had two children, Cyril Holland and Vyvyan Holland .