Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1728 – 4 April 1774) was an Anglo-Irish novelist, playwright and poet, who is best known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), his pastoral poem The Deserted Village (1770), and his plays The Good-Natur'd Man (1768) and She Stoops to Conquer (1771, first performed in 1773). He is thought to have written the classic children's tale The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes (1765). Biography Goldsmith's birth date and year are not known with certainty. According to the Library of Congress authority file, he told a biographer that he was born on 10 November 1728. The location of his birthplace is also uncertain. He was born either in the townland of Pallas, near Ballymahon, County Longford, Ireland, where his father was the Anglican curate of the parish of Forgney, or at the residence of his maternal grandparents, at the Smith Hill House near Elphin in County Roscommon, where his grandfather Oliver Jones was a clergyman
Oliver Goldsmith (10 de noviembre de 1728 – 4 de abril de 1774) fue un novelista anglo-irlandés, dramaturgo y poeta, más conocido por su novela The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), su poema pastoral The Deserted Village (1770), y sus obras The Good-Natur'd Man (1768) y She Stoops to Conquer (1771, por primera vez en 1773). Se cree que escribió el clásico cuento infantil The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes (1765). Biografía La fecha y el año de nacimiento de Goldsmith no se conocen con certeza. De acuerdo con el expediente de la Biblioteca del Congreso, le dijo a un biógrafo que nació el 10 de noviembre de 1728. La ubicación de su lugar de nacimiento también es incerta. Nació en el pueblo de Pallas, cerca de Ballymahon, Condado de Longford, Irlanda, donde su padre era el curado anglicano de la parroquia de Forgney, o en la residencia de su gran pareja materna, en el Condado de Oliver Smith, cerca de su abuelo Elphin Smith