Oscar Wilde

Oscar  O’ Flahertie Wills Wilde  was born in Dublin , October 16th, 1854. His mother, Lady Wilde, in the last years of the decade of 1840, wrote fiery (encendida, apasionada)  literature in favour of freedom for the Irish people under the pen name of “Speranza” . Oscar Wilde was very close to  (unido a) his mother.When she died, he was in prison and in his "De Profundis” expressed the deep love and admiration he felt for her.

His father, William R. Wills Wilde, was  a man of great vitality and multiple activities. He opened  a private clinic in Dublin and wrote important books on ear surgery (cirugía del oído) and old Irish history.

Oscar went to Oxford and in 1878 won the Gold Medal of Berkeley for a poem on “ Ravenna”. He went to the United States and later back over to Paris where he stayed for a time. He returned to London and opened his comedies on stage.” Lady Windermere‘s Fan” ("El Abanico de Lady Windermere") was very succesful. It and many more things were published , such as “ The Happy Prince “, “The Sphynx  Without a Secret “, “ The Selfish Giant”, etc., and many of his poems.

In 1895 he was prosecuted (procesado) for his relationship with Alfred Douglas, and condemned to two years of hard labour (trabajos forzados) .

He got out of prison and moved to Paris where he published “The Importance of Being Ernest “, “ The Ideal Husband”, and other stories. In 1900 , after having had an operation, Wilde passed away  (pasó a mejor vida)  in the “Hotel d’Alzace” in Paris on November 30^th.