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Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde [a] (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s. He is best remembered for his epigrams and plays, his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, and his ...
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Oscar Wilde was born at 21 Westland Row, Dublin (now home of the Oscar Wilde Centre, Trinity College), the second of three children born to an Anglo-Irish couple: Jane, née Elgee, and Sir William Wilde. Oscar was two years younger than his brother, William (Willie) Wilde. Jane Wilde was a niece (by marriage) of the novelist, playwright and clergyma...
At Trinity, Wilde established himself as an outstanding student: he came first in his class in his first year, won a scholarship by competitive examination in his second and, in his finals, won the Berkeley Gold Medal in Greek, the University's highest academic award. He was encouraged to compete for a demyship (a half-scholarship worth £95 (£6,300...
In London, Wilde worked as a journalist for four years. Known for his biting wit, flamboyant clothes, and glittering conversation, he was one of the best known personalities of the day. It was his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, which brought him full recognition. Then he turned to writing drama. He wrote Salomé in French in Paris in 1891, ...
Wilde was initially buried in the Cimetière de Bagneux outside Paris; in 1909 his remains were disinterred and transferred to Père Lachaise Cemetery, inside the city. His tomb there was designed by Sir Jacob Epstein.
On 14 February 1995, Wilde was commemorated with a stained-glass window at Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. The memorial, above the monument to Geoffrey Chaucer, was unveiled by his grandson Merlin Holland.
Wilde was bisexual. He was married to Constance Lloyd, daughter of Horace Lloyd, a wealthy Queen's Counsel. The couple had two children.
I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.A poet can survive everything but a misprint.We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language.Prose
1. The Canterville Ghost(1887) 2. The Happy Prince and Other Stories(1888) 3. Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories(1891) 4. Intentions(1891) 5. The Picture of Dorian Gray(1891) 6. A House of Pomegranates(1891) 7. The Soul of Man under Socialism (First published in the Pall Mall Gazette, 1891, first book publication 1904) 8. De Profundis(1905) 9. The Letters of Oscar Wilde(1960) This was rereleased in 2000, with letters uncovered since 1960, and new, detailed, footnotes by Merlin Holla...
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1. Vera; or, The Nihilists(1880) 2. The Duchess of Padua(1883) 3. Lady Windermere's Fan(1892) 4. A Woman of No Importance(1893) 5. Salomé(French version) (1893, first performed in Paris 1896) 6. Salomé: A Tragedy in One Act: Translated from the French of Oscar Wilde by Lord Alfred Douglas, illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley(1894) 7. An Ideal Husband (1895) (text) 8. The Importance of Being Earnest(1895) 9. La Sainte Courtisane and A Florentine Tragedy Fragmentary. First published 1908 in Methuen...
Photograph by Elliott & Fryof Baker Street, London, 18811881 caricature in Punch, the caption reads: "O.W.", "Oh, I eel just as happy as a bright sunflower, Lays of Christy Minstrelsy, "Æsthete of Æsthetes!/What's in a name!/The Poet is Wilde/But his po...Wilde lectured on the "English Renaissance in Art" during his US and Canada tour in 1882.Keller cartoon from the Waspof San Francisco depicting Wilde on the occasion of his visit there in 1882Irish poet and dramatist Oscar Wilde wrote some of the finest comedies in the English language, including Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895). He was also known for his one novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891).
1 Presentation. 2 Childhood. 3 Studies. 4 Work, books written. 5 Famous Quotes. 6 References. Presentation. Oscar Wilde was born in October 16, 1854 in Dublin. He was the son of a famous doctor. His mother was a journalist. He was a playwright, a novelist, a poet, an editor, a critical.
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Apr 30, 2024 · Oscar Wilde (born October 16, 1854, Dublin, Ireland—died November 30, 1900, Paris, France) was an Irish wit, poet, and dramatist whose reputation rests on his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), and on his comic masterpieces Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895).
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Biographies. In 1946, Hesketh Pearson published The Life of Oscar Wilde (Methuen), containing materials derived from conversations with Bernard Shaw, George Alexander, Herbert Beerbohm Tree and many others who had known or worked with Wilde. This is a lively read, although inevitably somewhat dated in its approach.
Sep 15, 2020 · Oscar Wilde facts. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish writer, poet and playwright. He wrote The Picture of Dorian Gray, and the plays Salomé, The Importance of Being Earnest, An Ideal Husband, and Lady Windermere's Fan.
