Презентация на тему 10 facts you should know about oscar wilde

Wilde, 16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was

an Irish playwright, poet, and author of numerous short stories and one novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray". He is one of the most iconic figures from late Victorian society enjoying a meteoric rise to the top of society. His wit, humor and intelligence shine through his plays and writings. 

were well known and attracted their fare share of

gossip for their extravagant lifestyles. His mother, Jane Wilde, was a successful writer, being a poet for the revolutionary Young Irelanders in 1848 and a life-long Irish nationalist. His father, Wille Wilde, was knighted for his services to medicine.

He was awarded a scholarship to Trinity College Dublin.

From Trinity college he won a scholarship to Magdalen College Oxford University. He was a brilliant scholar but also increasingly rebellious. In one academic year he got rusticated for turning up to College 3 weeks after the start of term. Thus after a while he lost interest in pursuing an academic career in Oxford and moved to London.

well known for his role in the aesthetic and decadent movements. He began wearing his

hair long and openly scorning so-called "manly" sports, and began decorating his rooms with peacock feathers, lilies, sunflowers, blue china and other “objets d'art”.

able to skillfully enter into high society, soon becoming

well known as a playwright and noted wit. Oscar Wilde became famous throughout London society. He was one of the early "celebrities" in some respects he was famous for being famous. His dress was a target for satire in the cartoons, but Wilde didn’t seem to mind. In fact he learnt the art of self-publicity and seemed to revel in it.

wealthy Queen's Counsel Horace Lloyd. Constance's allowance of £250

allowed the Wildes to live in relative luxury. The couple had two sons.

love with Lord Alfred Douglas, who was also known

as Bosie.

when his intimate association with Alfred Douglas led to his trial

on charges of homosexuality(then illegal in Britain). He was sentenced two years hard labour for the crime of sodomy.

on his release he left for Paris where he

lived in comparative anonymity. However he retained his wit and continued to write. It was there Oscar Wilde wrote his famous The Ballad of Reading Gaol; 1898.

Whilst not his very last words, one of the witticisms

he spoke on his deathbed was "This wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One of us has to go".

Bagneux outside Paris; in 1909 his remains were disinterred to Père

Lachaise Cemetery, inside the city.
In 2011, the tomb was cleaned of the many lipstick marks left there by admirers, and a glass barrier was installed to prevent further marks or damage.

Reading Gaol:
And alien tears will fill for him Pity's long-broken

urn, For his mourners will be outcast men, And outcasts always mourn.