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Walt Whitman and Oscar Wilde
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Walt Whitman and Oscar Wilde had an encounter in 1882.
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American Poet Walt Whitman was born Walter Whitman on 31st May, 1819 in West Hills, Town of Huntington, Long Island, New York, USA and passed away on 26th Mar 1892 Camden, New Jersey, USA aged 72. He is most remembered for Leaves of Grass. His zodiac sign is Gemini.
Irish Writer Oscar Wilde was born Oscar Fingal O`Flahertie Wills Wilde on 16th October, 1854 in Dublin, Ireland and passed away on 29th Nov 1900 Paris, France aged 46. He is most remembered for Best known for his philosophical novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (1890/1891), his epigrams, and plays such as "The Importance of Being Earnest" (1895). His zodiac sign is Libra.
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A more direct, secondhand account comes from Oscar Wilde: Wilde met Whitman in America in 1882 and wrote to the homosexual-rights activist George Cecil Ives that there was "no doubt" about the great American poet's sexual orientation—"I have the kiss of Walt Whitman still on my lips", he boasted. The only explicit description of Whitman's sexual activities is secondhand.
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