MY FAVOURITE WRITER

OSCAR FINGAL

O'FLAHERTIE WILLS WILDE

WAS AN IRISH WRITER AND

POET.

OSCAR WIL DE WAS BORN ON THE

1 6 T H OF OCTOBER IN 1854AND

DIED ON THE 30 T H OF NOVEM BER

IN 1900 AT THE AGE OF 46 .

H E B E C A M E O N E O F L O N D O N ' S M O S T

P O P U L A R P L AY W R I G H T S I N T H E E A R L Y

1 8 9 0 S .

OSCAR WILDE AT OXFORD

HIS TUTORS – WALTER PATER

AND JOHN RUSKIN.

T O DAY H E I S R E M E M B E R E D F O R H I S

E P I G R A M S, H I S P L AY S, T H E

C I R C U M S T A N C E S O F H I S

I M P R I S O N M E N T, E A R LY D E AT H A N D H I S

O N LY N OV E L .

T H E F I R S T V E R S I O N O F ‘ T H E P I C T U R E O F

D O R I A N G R AY ’ WA S P U B L I S H E D A S T H E

L E A D S T O RY I N T H E J U L Y 1 8 9 0 E D I T I O N O F

‘ L I P P I N C O T T ' S M O N T H L Y M A G A Z I N E ’

T H E O P P O R T U N I T Y T O C O N S T R U C T A E S T H E T I C

D E T A I L S P R E C I S E L Y A N D C O M B I N E T H E M W I T H

L A R G E R S O C I A L T H E M E S , D R E W W I L D E T O

W R I T E D R A M A . H E W R O T E ‘ S A L O M E ’

W I L D E A N D L O R D A L F R E D D O U G L A S I N

1 8 9 3 .

WILDE WAS INITIALLY BURIED IN

THE CIM ETIÈRE DE BAGNEU X

OU TSIDE PARIS.

IN 1909 HIS REM AINS WERE

DISINTERRED AND TRANSF ERRED

TO PÈRE LACHAISE CEMETERY,

INSIDE THE CITY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR

ATTENTION!