Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde's Biography

Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin the 16th of October. (1854-1900) He was an Irish Dramatist, poet and author. He was playwright, short story writer. He died on November 1900(aged 46)Paris,France. He became one of the most successful playwrights of the late Victorian era in London; and one of the greatest celebrities of his day.Wilde suffered a dramatic downfall and was imprisoned for two years hard labour after being convicted of "gross indecency" with other men.After Wilde was released from prison he set sail for Dieppe by the night ferry.Oscar Wilde was the second son born into an Anglo-Irish family, at 21 Westland Row, Dublin, to Sir William Wilde and his wife Jane Francesca Wilde. His mom was a poem writer,and his dad was Ophthalmologic surgeon. William also wrote books on archeaology and folklore. In June 1855, the family moved to Merrion Square in a fashionable residential area, where Wilde's sister, Isola, was born in 1856. After leaving Portora, Wilde studied classics at Trinity College, Dublin (from 1871 to 1874) sharing rooms with his older brother Willie Wilde for two years.He was awarded a scholarship to Magdalen College, Oxford, where he continued his studies (from 1874 to 1878).On matriculating in the autumn of 1874, Wilde applied to join the Union, but failed to be elected.at Magdalen, he won the 1878 Newdigate Prize for his poem Ravenna, which he read out at Encaenia; he failed, though, to win the Chancellor's English Essay Prize.

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