Short stories by this author include one in which a nightingale impales itself on a rose to make it red and one in which the titular statue asks a swallow to dismantle him and spread his pieces those in need, both collected in The Happy Prince and Other Tales.  
Short stories by this author include one in which a nightingale impales itself on a rose to make it red and one in which the titular statue asks a swallow to dismantle him and spread his pieces those in need, both collected in The Happy Prince and Other Tales.  This author's time in prison produced two notable works: a letter to his lover Lord Alfred Douglas, titled De Profundis, and a poem containing the immortal line "each man kills the thing he loves", "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" . His most popular play sees Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff both claim to have the titular first name in order to woo Gwendolyn and Cecily. FTP, this is what Irish author of An Ideal Husband  and The Importance of Being Earnest?
Short stories by this author include one in which a nightingale impales itself on a rose to make it red and one in which the titular statue asks a swallow to dismantle him and spread his pieces those in need, both collected in The Happy Prince and Other Tales.  
Oscar Wilde