Oscar Wilde---the famous Irish poet, author, playwright and raconteur---was born in Dublin, October 15, 1856 and died in Paris, November 30, 1900. He wrote The Birthday of the Infanta, Vera, Poems, The Picture of Dorian Gray; The Happy Prince and Other Tales, Guido Ferranti, The Duchess of Padua, Intentions, Essays, Lord Arthur Savile’s Crimes and Other Stories, Lady Windermere’s Fan, A Woman of No Importance, The Importance of Being Earnest; and others.