Oscar Wilde Net Worth is
$10 Million

Mini Biography

A gifted poet, playwright and wit, Oscar Wilde was a phenomenon in 19th-century England. He was illustrious for preaching the need for style in existence and artwork, and of attacking Victorian narrow-mindedness. Wilde was created in Dublin, Ireland, in 1854. He researched at Trinity University in Dublin before departing the country to review at Oxford College or university in Britain when he is at his early 20s. His prodigious literary skill was identified when he received the Newdegate Reward for his exceptional poem “Ravenna”. After departing college his 1st level of poetry, “Endurance”, was released in 1881, accompanied by a play, “The Duchess of Padua”, 2 yrs later. It had been around this period that Wilde sparked a feeling. On his arrival to America he stirred the country along with his flamboyant personality: wearing long silk stockings–an unusual mode of dress–long, flowing hair that gave the impression to numerous of the effeminate and an over-all air of wittiness, sophistication and eccentricity. He was an instantaneous superstar, but his functions did not discover recognition before publication of “The Content Prince and Various other Stories” in 1888. His various other noted function was his just book, was “The Picture of Dorian Grey” (1890), which triggered controversy as the reserve evidently attacked the hypocrisy of Britain. It was afterwards utilized as incriminating proof at Wilde’s trial, based on its apparent homosexual content. Wilde was a married guy with kids, but his personal life was like a homosexual. He previously an affair with a snobbish aristocrat called Lord Alfred Douglas. Douglas’ dad, the Marquess of Queensberry, didn’t approve of his son’s romantic relationship with the recognized writer, so when he accused Wilde of sodomy, Wilde sued the Marquess in courtroom. Nevertheless, his case was dismissed when his homosexuality–which at that time was outlawed in England–was subjected. He was sentenced to 2 yrs hard labor in jail. On his launch he was a penniless, dejected guy and soon passed away in Paris. He was 46. Wilde is immortalized through his functions, and the tales he wrote for kids, such as for example “The Happy Prince” and “The Selfish Large”, remain vibrant in the creativity of the general public, especially “The Picture of Dorian Grey”, the storyplot of a handsome man who all sells his spirit to an image to have eternal youngsters and beauty, and then encounter the hideousness of his own family portrait as it age range, which entails his bad character and degradation. The reserve continues to be interpreted on stage, movies and tv. In 1997 Stephen Fry performed the business lead in Wilde (1997) and Jude Laws as Lord Alfred Douglas.

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Quick Facts

Full Name	Oscar Wilde
Died	November 30, 1900, French Third Republic
Height	1.91 m
Education	Magdalen College, Oxford, Trinity College, Dublin, Portora Royal School, University of Oxford
Nationality	Irish
Spouse	Constance Lloyd
Children	Vyvyan Holland, Cyril Holland
Parents	Jane Wilde, William Wilde
Siblings	Willie Wilde, Isola Wilde, Emily Wilde, Mary Wilde, Henry Wilson
Awards	Retro Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
Movies	Dorian Gray, Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, A Good Woman, The Importance of Being Earnest, An Ideal Husband, The Selfish Giant, Damocles, Wilde Salome, The Canterville Ghost, Salomé, Lady Windermere's Fan, The Happy Prince, Pact with the Devil, The Fan, Salome, Salomè, Story of a Bad Woman, A Woman of No Importance, Le portrait de Dorian Gray, Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, De bannelingen