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Biography. Study Guide. Quotes. Plays. Novels. Poetry. Short Stories. Oscar Wilde Biography. Oscar Wilde was born on October 16, 1854, in Dublin, Ireland. He was educated at Trinity College in Dublin and at Magdalen College, Oxford, and settled in London, where he married Constance Lloyd in 1884.
Oscar Wilde was a nineteenth-century Irish poet and playwright, one of the most influential and celebrated. Associated with the Aesthetic Movement, he connected to the visual arts of his time, especially via Whistler and Ruskin.
The Poems of Oscar Wilde (includes essay "Oscar Wilde on Poets and Poetry"), Albert & Charles Boni (New York, NY), 1935. The Best-Known Works of Oscar Wilde, Including the Poems, Novels, Plays, Essays, and Fairy Tales, Halcyon House (Garden City, NY), 1940.
Oscar Wilde, (born Oct. 16, 1854, Dublin, Ire.—died Nov. 30, 1900, Paris, France), Irish poet and dramatist. Son of an eminent surgeon, Wilde attended Trinity College, Dublin, and later Oxford University, becoming widely known for his wit while still an undergraduate.
Biography - The Official Licensing Website of Oscar Wilde. EARLY YEARS. Oscar Wilde’s rich and dramatic portrayals of the human condition came during the height of the prosperity that swept through London in the Victorian Era of the late 19th century.
Oscar Wilde was an Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest playwrights of the Victorian Era. In his lifetime he wrote nine plays, one novel, and numerous poems, short stories, and essays.
Facts. Did You Know? After he has served his prison sentence, Wilde spent three years roaming Europe with the fabricated name Sebastian Melmoth before dying, penniless, at a hotel in Paris. Wildeu0019s friends pushed him to escape to France, which had decriminalized homosexuality as part of the French Revolution.
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