"The Ballad of Reading Gaol" poet Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. Irish writer and wit (1854-1900)

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

READING (noun)
1. written material intended to be read
2. a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
BALLAD (noun)
1. a narrative poem of popular origin
2. a narrative song with a recurrent refrain

Hint 3: Anagram

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