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Oscar Wilde

Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q1217528&amp;oldid=2534610768" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Newdigate Prize · dated 1878
Notable work: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q830501&amp;oldid=2521496208" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Importance of Being Earnest
Education: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q81162&amp;oldid=2560096194" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Magdalen College
Notable work: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q82464&amp;oldid=2525017400" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Picture of Dorian Gray
Education: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q258464&amp;oldid=2546786559" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Trinity College, Dublin

Wikidata describes Oscar Wilde as Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900).

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