The grandson of Oscar Wilde will Thursday collect a British Library pass symbolically reinstated to the celebrated Irish writer 130 years after it was revoked when he was convicted for being gay.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 ...
The British Library has announced it will posthumously reinstate gay poet and playwright Oscar Wilde’s reader pass after revoking it in 1895 due to his homosexuality. Known at the time as the British ...
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British Library reissues Oscar Wilde’s pass 130 years after it was revoked over gay conviction
THE BRITISH LIBRARY has reissued Oscar Wilde’s Reader Pass some 130 years after it was revoked following his conviction for “gross indecency”. In 1895, Wilde was convicted in England of “gross ...
The Irish writer was barred in 1895 after being convicted of gross indecency. On Thursday, the British Library will hand over a symbolic new card to his grandson. By Claire Moses Reporting from London ...
The grandson of Oscar Wilde will Thursday collect a British Library pass symbolically reinstated to the celebrated Irish writer 130 years after it was revoked when he was convicted for being gay.
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