Oscar Wilde

His name is Oscar Wilde and he is born Oktober  16, 1854 in Dublin, Ireland. He died November 30, 1900 In Paris, France.  

He was son of sir William Wilde og Jane Francesca Wilde, and his mom was an successful writer  and Irish nationalist who wrote under the name "Speranza". Wildes father was a surgeon and wrote books about archeology and folklore so Oscar Wilde had both parents who wrote. 

When the study was over, he took home to Dublin where he met and fell in love with Florence Balcombe, but she married Bram Stoker so he left Ireland in 1878. In 1884 he met Constance Lloyd and they get married. A friend said that he likes his wife the first year but after that he have no feelings for her anymore and could only say bad things about her, but they stay togehter and they also get two sons. Cyril (1885) and Vyvyan ( 1886).

He wrote  novels, short stories, poems and fairytales. His début was the poem“Ravenna” from 1878. 

Oscar Wilde was a fomous writer but he was not famous til he died. He was married with Constance Lloyd but people knew that he was attracted to other men. Oscar Wilde was sentenced to two years hard labor in Reading prison for homosexual acts, the statutory maximum penalty. When Oscar Wilde get free he settled in 1897 in France, but ill health and financial problems made ​​it impossible for him to recover human and artistic. 

We have in our class read the faritytale "The Selfish Giant" by Oscar Wilde.  

By Kathrine Randrup