Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish playwright, poet, and author of numerous short stories, and one novel. Known for his biting wit, and a plentitude of aphorisms, he became one of the most successful playwrights of the late Victorian era in London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day. Several of his plays continue to be widely performed, especially The Importance of Being Earnest. As the result of a widely covered series of trials, Wilde suffered a dramatic downfall and was imprisoned for two years hard labour after being convicted of "gross indecency" with other men. After Wilde was released from prison he set sail for Dieppe by the night ferry. He never returned to Ireland or Britain, and died in poverty.

Elsa Isabel Bornemann was an Argentine author. She wrote stories, songs, novels and theater pieces for children and young adults. Elsa Bornemann nació el 20 de febrero de 1952 en el barrio porteño de Parque Patricios. Maestra Normal Nacional, obtuvo su título en el Normal № 11 Ricardo Levene. Se recibió de Licenciada en Letras en la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, se doctoró y obtuvo varios diplomas de estudio en medicina y en idioma inglés, alemán, italiano, latín, griego clásico y hebreo. El 25 de mayo de 2013, la editorial Alfaguara infantil informó por las redes sociales su fallecimiento. Durante la última dictadura militar que gobernó Argentina, autodenominada Proceso de Reorganización Nacional, su libro "Un elefante ocupa mucho espacio" fue censurado y pasó a integrar la lista de autores prohibidos. Ese mismo libro integró la Lista de Honor de IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People). Más tarde, sus libros El último mago o Bilembambudín y Disparatario fueron seleccionados para integrar la lista The White Ravens, distinción que otorga la Internationale Jugendbibliothek de Múnich, Alemania. Ha realizado numerosos cursos y talleres sobre literatura con su profesor Manuel Kedes tanto en Argentina como en otros países de América, de Europa y Japón. Muchas de sus obras han sido reproducidas en libros de lectura para la escuela primaria, en manuales de Literatura para distintos niveles, y en antologías argentinas y del exterior. From Wikipedia:http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Bor...

Such volumes as Cabbages and Kings (1904) and The Four Million (1906) collect short stories, noted for their often surprising endings, of American writer William Sydney Porter, who used the pen name O. Henry. His biography shows where he found inspiration for his characters. His era produced their voices and his language. Mother of three-year-old Porter died from tuberculosis. He left school at fifteen years of age and worked for five years in drugstore of his uncle and then for two years at a Texas sheep ranch. In 1884, he went to Austin, where he worked in a real estate office and a church choir and spent four years as a draftsman in the general land office. His wife and firstborn died, but daughter Margaret survived him. He failed to establish a small humorous weekly and afterward worked in poorly-run bank. When its accounts balanced not, people blamed and fired him. In Houston, he worked for a few years until, ordered to stand trial for embezzlement, he fled to New Orleans and thence Honduras. Two years later, he returned on account of illness of his wife. Apprehended, Porter served a few months more than three years in a penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio. During his incarceration, he composed ten short stories, including A Blackjack Bargainer , The Enchanted Kiss , and The Duplicity of Hargraves . In 1899, McClure's published Whistling Dick's Christmas Story and Georgia's Ruling . In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he sent manuscripts to New York editors. In the spring of 1902, Ainslee's Magazine offered him a regular income if he moved to New York. In less than eight years, he became a bestselling author of collections of short stories. Cabbages and Kings came first in 1904 The Four Million, and The Trimmed Lamp and Heart of the West followed in 1907, and The Voice of the City in 1908, Roads of Destiny and Options in 1909, Strictly Business and Whirligigs in 1910 followed. Posthumously published collections include The Gentle Grafter about the swindler, Jeff Peters; Rolling Stones , Waifs and Strays , and in 1936, unsigned stories, followed. People rewarded other persons financially more. A Retrieved Reformation about the safe-cracker Jimmy Valentine got $250; six years later, $500 for dramatic rights, which gave over $100,000 royalties for playwright Paul Armstrong. Many stories have been made into films.