The writer Oscar Wilde is one of the greatest literary geniuses in the history of mankind, one ahead of his time who left us great works such as “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, or “The Importance of Being Called Ernesto”, in addition to a handful of clever phrases that we should know.
Precisely, for this reason, the idea of this article is to review a little the biography and the most popular comments made by this born in Ireland, more specifically in Dublin, in 1854, when this country was still part of the United Kingdom, and not he had become independent.
Oscar Wilde biography
The son of a successful physician, William, and his mother Jane, Oscar had two brothers, although his sister passed away as a child. However that did not stop him and, after attending several prestigious universities, such as Oxford, he became an expert in Greek classics.
By 1881, the publication of his Poems placed him at the center of the art scene, although we cannot lose sight of the preponderant role that his particular style also played when dressing, his thoughts on aestheticism and the charisma that characterized him from well little.
The following year, still extremely young in relation to the age at which writers used to dedicate themselves, Wilde traveled to the United States for a series of talks , which had extensive media coverage, and also allowed him to enter the North American market. .
In 1884, and without neglecting his meteoric career, Oscar Wilde married who would ultimately be the mother of his two children , Constante Lloyd, and they settled in London, where over the next decade he would continue with the publications, complementing them with the address of a feminist magazine.
But everything changed in 1895, when the Marquis of Queensberry accused him of having a homosexual relationship with his son, Lord Alfred Douglas, thus uncovering a series of scandals around the literary man’s sex life. Wilde is even tried for “amoral” and sentenced to forced labor. His family denies him and no longer visits him. He moves to Paris, already as Sebastian Melmoth.
Oscar Wilde’s work
In any case, Wilde’s work has become an icon over time, especially considering his talent to excel in different genres, such as poetry, essays and stories. He possessed this versatility to such an extent that one of his most popular productions, “The Portrait of Dorian Gray,” is his only published novel.
In terms of stories, some of which no one should miss, we have classics from all centuries, such as “The Selfish Giant.” “The nightingale and the rose” or “The ghost of Canterville”.
And what about her multi-award-winning plays, such as “Vera or the Nihilists”, ” The Duchess of Padua”, “Lady Windermere’s Fan “, “A Woman of No Importance” or “Salomé”.
Quotes by Oscar Wilde
- “Loving yourself is the beginning of an idyll that will last a lifetime”
- “There are no indiscreet questions, only indiscreet answers”
- “Life is a theater, but it has a deplorable cast”
- “Society sometimes forgives the criminal, but never forgives the dreamer”
- “Being talked about is awful. But there is something worse: that they do not speak “
