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Vyvyan Beresford Holland, [1] OBE (born Vyvyan Oscar Beresford Wilde; 3 November 1886 – 10 October 1967) was an English author and translator. He was the second-born son of Irish playwright Oscar Wilde and Constance Lloyd, and had a brother, Cyril.
Vyvyan Oscar Beresford Holland (born November 5?, 1886, London, England—died October 10, 1967, London) was a writer and translator, the second son of the poet and playwright Oscar Wilde.
Vyvyan Beresford Holland, [1] OBE (born Vyvyan Oscar Beresford Wilde; 3 November 1886 – 10 October 1967) was an English author and translator. He was the second-born son of Irish playwright Oscar Wilde and Constance Lloyd, and had a brother, Cyril.
With its thirty-three previously unpublished Oscar Wilde letters and its poignant recollections of a man as spontaneous, humane, and sincere as he was prodigiously witty, Vyvyan Holland's memoir of his famous father has come to be regarded as a biographical classic in Wildean studies.
"My life has been one of concealment and repression," Vyvyan Holland wrote in his autobiography, published in 1954. The name of the book was "Son of Oscar Wilde," Which explains Mr. Holland's...
Vyvyan Holland has 26 books on Goodreads with 1392 ratings. Vyvyan Holland’s most popular book is De Profundis.
Mar 1, 2022 · Written by Wilde’s younger son Vyvyan, it describes the aftermath of Wilde’s fall from grace for Vyvyan, his brother Cyril and their mother Constance. The sadness of their story made a deep impression on me then.
Chapter One argues that Vyvyan Holland forged a textual relationship with his father Oscar Wilde while collaborating with early Wilde scholars in the editing of Wilde’s letters and extended his father’s practice of importing sexually dissident content from abroad while translating works by the French modernist Julien (or Julian) Green.
May 21, 2024 · “His father, Vyvyan Holland, was Wilde’s youngest son, but the family were forced to change their name after the scandal of Wilde’s trial and imprisonment for gross indecency. Thereafter their life is lived in the shadow of this terrible event.
Aug 12, 1999 · With its thirty-three previously unpublished Oscar Wilde letters and its poignant recollections of a man as spontaneous, humane, and sincere as he was prodigiously witty, Vyvyan Holland's memoir of his famous father has come to be regarded as a biographical classic in Wildean studies.
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