Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) has long become a symbolic figure of English and world culture. An unsurpassed comedian, a master of brilliant paradoxes, a fan of fine arts, capable of extraordinary thinking, brilliant writing, brilliant speaking, and knew how to live beautifully. Wilde got used to the idea that he, the darling of fate, was allowed everything - and went too far. Society, which enthusiastically applauded Wilde at the time of his triumph, took undisguised pleasure in “trampling him into the mud” (as he himself put it) when he fell. The position of an outcast in his homeland, popularity abroad and shocking behavior made the writer the object of close attention of many researchers. Translator, writer, critic Alexander Yakovlevich Livergant presents the biography of Oscar Wilde and his creative achievements in the context of aesthetic views, characteristics of nature and the vicissitudes of life circumstances. Age restrictions: 18+