Oscar Wilde’s grandson to collect his reissued British Library pass
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Summary: The grandson of Oscar Wilde will collect a British Library pass symbolically reinstated to the celebrated Irish writer 130 years after it was revoked when he was convicted for being gay.
In 1895 the London library's trustees banned Oscar Wilde—one of the greatest playwrights and all-round wits of that century—after he had been convicted for being gay.
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