Oscar Wilde was an Irish writer and poet born in 1854 who became famous for his plays, poems, and only novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray". He was initially buried in Paris after dying in 1900 but his remains were later moved to Père Lachaise Cemetery. Wilde is still remembered today for his works as well as the circumstances of his imprisonment and early death.

1. MY FAVOURITE WRITER

2. OSCAR FINGAL
O'FLAHERTIE WILLS WILDE
WAS AN IRISH WRITER AND
POET.

3. O S C A R W I L D E WA S B O R N O N T H E
1 6 TH O F O C T O B E R I N 1 8 5 4 A N D
D I E D O N T H E 3 0 T H O F N OV E M B E R
I N 1 9 0 0 AT T H E AG E O F 4 6 .

4. HE BECAME ONE OF LONDON'S MOST
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 LY
1890S
.

5. OSCAR WILDE AT OXFORD

6. H I S T U T O R S – WA LT E R PAT E R
A N D J O H N RU S K I N.

7. T O D AY 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
CIRCUMSTANCES OF HIS
I M P R I S O N M E N T, E A R L Y D E A T H A N D H I S
O N L Y N OV E L .

8. THE FIRST VERSION OF ‘THE PICTURE OF
D O R I A N G R A Y ’ 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 LY 1 8 9 0 E D I T I O N O F
‘LIPPIN COTT' S MON THLY MAG A ZIN E’

9. THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSTRUCT AESTHETIC
DETAILS PRECISELY AND COMBINE THEM WITH
LARGER SOCIAL THEMES, DREW WILDE TO
WRITE DRAMA. HE WROTE ‘SALOME’

10. WILDE AND LORD ALFRED DOUGLAS IN
1893.

12. W I L D E WA S I N I T I A L LY BU R I E D I N
T H E C I M E T I È R E D E BAG N E U X
O U T S I D E PA R I S.

13. IN 1909 HIS REMAINS WERE
DISINTERRED AND TRANSFERRED
T O P È R E L AC H A I S E C E M E T E RY,
I N S I D E T H E C I T Y.

15. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION!