Claim: De Profundis was written to a lover of Oscar Wilde.
Evidence: De Profundis -LRB- Latin : `` from the depths '' -RRB- is a letter written by Oscar Wilde during his imprisonment in Reading Gaol , to `` Bosie '' -LRB- Lord Alfred Douglas -RRB-.
Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas -LRB- 22 October 187020 March 1945 -RRB- , nicknamed Bosie , was a British author , poet , translator , and political commentator , better known as the friend and lover of Oscar Wilde.