Oscar Wilde was an Irish poet, novelist, and playwright born in 1854 in Dublin. He studied at Trinity College and Oxford, winning awards for his poetry. In London, he married and had two sons but was later accused of sodomy and sentenced to two years in prison. When released, he was ruined financially and lived in Paris under an assumed name. He converted to Catholicism before dying of meningitis. Some of his most important works included The Picture of Dorian Gray and plays like The Importance of Being Earnest.

1. Oscar Wilde Ricardo Velasco Marin

2. The life "Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was born on October 16, 1854, in Dublin and educated at Trinity College in that city. He was a novelist, poet, literary critic and playwright of Irish origin, a great exponent of aestheticism. He studied at the University of Oxford, and was highlighted in the study of the classics, where he wrote poetry, his long poem Ravenna won the prestigious Newdigate Prize in 1878.

3. In London, in 1884, he married a rich Irish woman, Constance Lloyd, with whom he had two hijos.Y was devoted exclusively to literature.

4. The life In 1895, he managed to shock all of Victorian England. Wilde, who had maintained a close friendship with Lord Alfred Douglas, was accused by the latter's father, the Marquess of Queensberry, sodomy. He was found guilty at trial, and sentenced to two years hard labor.

5. When released from prison was spoiled materially and spiritually. He spent the rest of his life in Paris, under the assumed name of Sebastian Melmoth and converted to Catholicism on November 30, 1900, shortly before dying of meningitis.