Oscar Wilde, the Irish author, poet, and playwright, horrified Victorian England with his scandalous behavior with his sophisticated humor and keen wit. He also enlarged the boundaries of nineteenth-century English literature and paved the way for the rise of modernism. Although he died at age 46 after being sentenced to two years' imprisonment for gross indecency, he has remained influential since his death through adaptations of his work and discussions of his life and career. Wilde changed the world by demonstrating that it was possible to be brilliant, original, and offensive at the same time. No one else wrote like him: his poems, stories, and plays are still read and performed today. He showed that it was possible to enjoy Shakespeare while rejecting traditional morality. And he inspired other artists and writers, most notably D. H. Lawrence, James Joyce, and Virginia Woolf. During his lifetime, Wilde was acclaimed as a genius, and since then, critics have continued to praise his talent. Some historians have gone so far as to call him the first international celebrity because of his fame in America, France, Germany, and India. His influence can be seen in the work of many later artists and writers, from T. S. Eliot to Andy Warhol. In addition to his own work, Wilde is best known for his contributions to literary culture.