New Delhi, May 29 -- Oscar Wilde, born in Dublin in 1854, became one of the most celebrated literary figures of the Victorian era, known for his wit, paradox, social satire and association with the Aesthetic movement. After studying at Trinity College Dublin and Oxford, he built his reputation as a poet, essayist, lecturer, novelist and playwright. His major works include The Picture of Dorian Gray, Lady Windermere's Fan, An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest. Wilde's public career was later shattered by his 1895 trials and imprisonment, but his writing remains central to English literature and modern conversations around identity, performance and self-expression.

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