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 | Og Mandino (December 12, 1923 - September 3, 1996) Og Mandino (born December 12, 1923 - died September 3, 1996) was a 'sales guru' and the author of the bestselling book The Greatest Salesman in the World. He remains one of the most inspirational and best-selling authors today. His books have sold over 50 million copies and had been translated into over twenty-five different languages. |
 | Olivier Dunrea He was born and raised in rural southern Virginia where oral storytelling tradition is very strong. |
 | Oscar Wilde (October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900) Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and author of short stories. Known for his barbed wit, he was one of the most successful playwrights of late Victorian London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day. As the result of a famous trial, he suffered a dramatic downfall and was imprisoned for two years of hard labour after being convicted of the offence of gross indecency. |
 | Ovid (March 20, 43 BC - 17 AD) Publius Ovidius Nasowas a Roman poet known to the English-speaking world as Ovid who wrote on many topics, including love, abandoned women and mythological transformations. Ranked alongside Virgil and Horace as one of the three canonical poets of Latin literature, Ovid was generally considered a great master of the elegiac couplet. His poetry, much imitated during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, had a decisive influence on European art and literature for centuries. |
