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His style is chaos illumined by flashes of lightning. As a writer he has mastered everything except language.

Oscar Wilde

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Oscar Wilde
Age: 46 †
Born: 1854
Born: October 16
Died: 1900
Died: November 30
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Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Opinion Journalist
Playwright
Poet
Prosaist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Dublin city
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Chaos
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Style
Illumined
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Flashes
Everything
Mastered
Writing
Lightning
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