Golden gong given to uncultivated English epigrammatist (5,5)
I believe the answer is:
oscar wilde
'epigrammatist' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'golden gong given to uncultivated english' is the wordplay.
'golden gong' becomes 'oscar' (an Oscar is a type of gong or award. I am not sure about the 'golden' bit.).
'given to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'uncultivated' becomes 'wild' (I've seen this in another clue).
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'oscar'+'wild'+'e'='OSCAR WILDE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for oscar wilde that I've seen before include "Irish-born writer and wit (1854-1900)" , "Irish writer and wit" , "He had nothing to declare but his genius" , "playwright" , "dramatist" .)