Oscar Wilde was an ________ poet, novelist and dramatist.

• Oscar Wilde was an Irish poet, novelist and dramatist.
- He was a spokesman for the late 19th-century Aesthetic movement in England, which advocated art for art’s sake, and he was the object of celebrated civil and criminal suits involving homosexuality and ending in his imprisonment.

• His famous books:
- The Importance of Being Earnest (comedy play)
- A woman of No Importance,
- An Ideal Husband,
- The Picture of Dorian Grey(his only novel)
- Lady Windermere's Fan etc.

Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr M Mofizar Rahman and Britannica.