Oscar Wilde - Playwright Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish playwright, novelist, essayist, and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde Born: October 16, 1854, Dublin, Republic of Ireland Died: November 30, 1900, Paris, France Plays: The Importance of Being Earnest, Salome, More Place of burial: Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France, Cimetière parisien de Bagneux, Bagneux, France Quotes by Oscar: