His only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, was also written during this period of creativity. He wrote a collection of children's stories titled, The Happy Prince and Other Tales. All of his greatest works were written over the next 7 years. (Something I desperately wish I could enter as well). Starting in 1888, Wilde entered a creative frenzy. He had this job for two years, and greatly expanded the magazine and its content. Oscar was hired to run the magazine, Lady's World. Together they had two sons: Cyril, born in 1885, and Vyvyan, born in 1886. Oscar Wilde married Constance Lloyd, an Englishwoman, on May 29, 1884. He became a leading member of the aesthetic movement and established himself as an important figure in the literary world. He traveled through England and Ireland on a lecture circuit that lasted until mid-1884. He returned back to England and went on yet another literary tour. He met with Walt Whitman, Henry Longfellow, and several others. He also met with several American scholars and literary figures during this time. In 1882, he traveled to New York City and gave 140 lectures over a period of nine months. It helped to establish him in the writing world. The collection was nothing special, but received some good reviews. (Am I the only one wondering if that was the most creative name he could've come up with?) Oscar set his focus onto poetry and published his first collection, called Poems, in 1881. It was here that he began creative writing.Īfter graduating from Oxford, Oscar Wilde moved to London, and lived with his friend, Frank Miles. He was incredibly smart and excelled academically. Good luck to any of you struggling through the same process) (How? Like seriously? I had such a hard time getting scholarships. He received several more awards and yet another scholarship. He graduated from Trinity College in 1874. After his first year there, he ranked first in the school's classics examination and received yet another scholarship. He received a scholarship that allowed him to enroll in Trinity College at the age of 16. He won many prizes while he was there and he graduated in 1871. He attended Portora Royal School in Enniskillen when he was nine. He also had three half siblings who were born out of wedlock before Oscar's parents got married. His older brother, William Charles Kingsbury Wilde, was a journalist, and his sister, Isolda Francesa Emily Wilde, died when she was nine. She had a great influence on Oscar's love of books and writing. His father was a doctor and his mother was a poet. Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin on October 16, 1854, to William Wilde and Jane Francesca Elgee. "Always forgive your enemies- nothing annoys them so much" "To live is the rarest thing in the world. "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars" "Be yourself everyone else is already taken" Quotes: (I'm going to start adding some of my favorite quotes by each person) To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image. Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines.
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