Oscar Wilde was an Irish poet and playwright who lived from 1854 to 1900. He is known for his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray and plays like Salome. Wilde dressed in a unique fashion and was imprisoned for two years for homosexual acts, which was illegal at the time in Victorian England. Some of his most famous works included The Picture of Dorian Gray, a novel influenced by aestheticism, as well as short stories and plays that were critically acclaimed in his lifetime.