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Oscar Wilde was born on October 16, 1854, his parents were Jane Wilde and William Wade. In Dublin, Ireland. -
Oscar Wilde's sister was born and named Isola Wilde.
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Oscar Wilde attended Portora Royal School (1864-71). -
Two months before her birthday Isola’s health took a dramatic turn for the worse and she passed away due to what people think was meningitis.
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He attended Trinity College in Dublin from 1871-74 -
Oscar Wilde attended Magdalen College in Oxford from 1874-78. -
While attending Oxford, he participated in the aesthetic movement and became an advocate for 'Art for Art's Sake' (L'art pour l'art).
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Oscar's father passed away
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Oscar Wilde won the 1878 Newdigate Prize for his poem Ravenna. "Yon lonely pillar, rising on the plain,
Marks where the bravest knight of France was slain,---
The Prince of chivalry, the Lord of war,
Gaston de Foix: for some untimely star
Led him against thy city, and he fell,
As falls some forest-lion fighting well." - Oscar Wilde -
After he graduated, he moved to Chelsea in London to establish his literary career
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He published Poems that had mixed reactions and reviews.
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Oscar married Constance Lloyd
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Oscar's first son was born and named Cyril
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One year after his first son was born (Cyril), his second son was born and named Vyvyan
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To support his family he got a job as the editor of Woman's World magazine and worked there from 1887 - 1889
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He published The Happy Prince, a collection of poems for his two sons. -
Novel "Picture of Dorian Gray" was published -
A play about the "Biblical story of Salome, stepdaughter of the tetrarch Herod Antipas, who requests the head of Jokanaan (John the Baptist) on a silver platter as a reward for dancing the dance of the seven veils."-website -
Wilde began an affair with Lord Alfred Douglas, nicknamed 'Bosie', who became both the love of his life
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The play follows the son of a single mother, a rarity in Victorian England, who is offered a job by his biological father, who turns out to be a cad. The play went through social issues and gender norms. -
Oscar Wilde and Constance's marriage ended in 1893.
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It was a comedy play on "two men living double lives in London and the follies that accompany them as they both attempt to play a character named Earnest." -
Oscar Wilde was arrested and charged with gross indecency. He was sentenced to two years with hard labor.
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After his release revealing his concern for terrible prison conditions. -
Oscar Wildes's wife died on April 7, 1898, at 40 years old.
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Oscar Wilde died of cerebral meningitis in Paris on November 30, 1900. At 46 years old. -
It was a letter to Lord Alfred Douglas, while he was imprisoned for gross indecency and provides a reflection of his spiritual journey. It was published by one of his lovers after his death. -
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray won an award.