Oscar Wilde

Biography

A gifted poet, playwright and wit, Oscar Wilde was a phenomenon in 19th-century England.

He was illustrious for preaching the importance of style in life and art, and of attacking Victorian narrow-mindedness.

Wilde was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1854.

He studied at Trinity College in Dublin before leaving the country to study at Oxford University in England when he was in his early 20s.

His prodigious literary talent was recognized when he received the Newdegate Prize for his outstanding poem "Ravenna".

After leaving college his first volume of poetry, "Patience", was published in 1881, followed by a play, "The Duchess of Padua", two years later.

It was around this time that Wilde sparked a sensation.

On his arrival to America he stirred the nation with his flamboyant personality: wearing long silk stockings--an unusual mode of dress--long, flowing hair that gave the impression to many of an effeminate and a general air of wittiness, sophistication and eccentricity.

He was an instant celebrity, but his works did not find recognition until the publication of "The Happy Prince and Other Tales" in 1888.

His other noted work was his only novel, was "The Picture of Dorian Gray" as Lord Alfred Douglas.

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Country: Ireland
Gender: Male
Education: Magdalen College· Oxford·Trinity College Dublin
Place of birth: Dublin
Birth date: 16 October 1854
Nationality: Irish

Oscar was the great-nephew of author Charles Maturin, an Irish clergyman and author whose gothic novel "Melmoth the Wanderer" inspired Oscars pseudonym Sebastian Melmoth, which he lived under for three years from his release from prison to his death.
Sons: Cyril, born in June 1885, who died in World War I, and Vyvyan, born in November 1886. Vyvyan became a writer using the surname Holland, and his own grandson, Merlin Holland , has written two books about his grandfather, "Wilde Album" and "After Oscar: The Color of his Legacy.
Appears on the sleeve of The Beatles "Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band" album.
Separated from his wife not long after their second child was born. Was a homosexual.
He published several books of stories for children, originally written for his own sons.
Relying on the generosity of friends, he went to live in France, adopting the name of Sebastian Melmoth.
Wilde attempted to woo the son of the Marquess of Queensberry, and Lord Queensberry retaliated by circulating a note which accused Wilde of Sodomy. Wilde sued for libel, but after three days in court, he realized he was losing, and he dropped the suit.
Both Wilde and his procurer (of young boys) were tried twice for "public indecency". The first trial ended in a hung jury.
Wilde served two years at hard labor for public indecency.
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There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and,that is not being talked about.
I adore persons better than principles and persons with no principles,more than anything else in the world.
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
Men can be analyzed, women . . . merely adored.
I must decline your invitation owing to a subsequent engagement.
Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
In the old days men had the rack. Now they have the Press.
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to,time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
One would have to have a heart of stone to read the death of Little Nell,without laughing.
[on his deathbed in a Paris hotel room] Either this wallpaper goes, or I,do!,The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world,its own shame.