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16 октября - 160 лет со дня рождения английского писателя

Оскара Уайльда (1854-1900).

Who was Oscar Wilde?

Oscar Wilde was 1 in Dublin on 16 October 1854 to Sir William Wilde and his wife Jane. Oscar's 2 , Lady Jane Francesca Wilde (1820-1896), was a successful poet and journalist. She wrote patriotic Irish verse under the pseudonym "Speranza". Oscar's 3 , Sir William Wilde (1815 - 1876), was a leading ear and eye surgeon, a renowned philanthropist and gifted writer, who wrote books on archaeology and folklore. Oscar had an elder 4 , Willie, and a younger 5 , Isola Francesca, who died at the early age of 10.

He was 6 at Portora Royal School (1864-71), Trinity College, Dublin (1871-74), and Magdalen College, Oxford (1874-78). While at Oxford, he became involved in the aesthetic movement and became an advocate for 'Art for Art's Sake' (L'art pour l'art). Whilst at Magdalen, he won the 1878 Newdigate 7 for his poem Ravenna.

After he graduated, he 8 to Chelsea in London (1879) to establish a literary

9 . In 1881, he published his first 10 of poetry - Poems that received mixed reviews by critics. He worked as an art reviewer (1881), lectured in the United States and Canada (1882), and lived in Paris (1883). He also lectured in Britain and Ireland (1883 - 1884).

On May 29, 1884, Oscar 11 Constance Lloyd (died 1898), daughter of wealthy Queen's Counsel Horace Lloyd. They had two sons, Cyril (1885) and Vyvyan (1886). To support his 12 , Oscar accepted a job as the editor of Woman's World 13 , where he worked from 1887-1889.

In 1888, he 14 The Happy Prince and Other Tales, fairy-stories written for his two sons. His first and only 15 , The Picture of Dorian Gray, was published in 1891 and received quite a negative response. Wilde's marriage ended in 1893.

Wilde's greatest 16 was for writing plays. His first successful 17 , Lady Windermere's Fan, opened in February 1892. He produced a string of extremely popular comedies including A Woman of No Importance (1893), An Ideal Husband (1895), and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895). These plays were all highly acclaimed and firmly established Oscar a _____18___ .

He spent the rest of his life wandering Europe, staying with friends and living in cheap hotels. He died of cerebral meningitis on November 30, 1900, penniless, in a cheap Paris 19 .

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