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Vyvyan Beresford Holland, 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With its thirty-three previously unpublished Oscar Wilde letters and its poignant recollections of a man as spontaneous, humane, and sincere as he was prodigiously witty, Vyvyan Holland's memoir of his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.
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5 days ago · 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. Wilde married Constance Lloyd in 1884, and they had two sons: Cyril, born in 1885, and Vyvyan, born, in 1886.
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In 1954 Wilde's son Vyvyan Holland published his memoir Son of Oscar Wilde, which recounts the difficulties Wilde's wife and children faced after his imprisonment. It was revised and updated by Merlin Holland in 1989.
Biography. Born in London in December 1945, [1] Christopher Merlin Vyvyan Holland is the son of the author Vyvyan Holland and his second wife, Thelma Besant. [2] He is the only grandchild of Oscar Wilde and Constance Lloyd. [3] [4]
Vyvyan went on to write a book Son of Oscar Wilde. Vyvyan's son Merlin is also a writer and the family has kept the name Holland, never reverting to Wilde. Names. The Wilde's had two sons: Cyril (1885-1915) and Vyvyan (1886-1967). Vyvyan Oscar Beresford was the name used for his christening, although Vivian was more commonly used by the family.
Apr 30, 2024 · His mother, who wrote under the name Speranza, was a revolutionary poet and an authority on Celtic myth and folklore. After attending Portora Royal School, Enniskillen (1864–71), Wilde went, on successive scholarships, to Trinity College, Dublin (1871–74), and Magdalen College, Oxford (1874–78), which awarded him a degree with honours.
