2. Early Life
• Born October 16th 1854.
• Attended Magdalen College in Oxford.
• Awarded the Newdigate prize for his poem,
Ravenna, in 1878
• Published his first collection
of poetry in 1881
4. Career
Published “The happy prince and other
tales” (1888) and “The House of
Pomegranates” (1892).
Wrote “The picture of Dorian Gray” (1890)
His first play “Lady Windermere’s fan"
opened in 1892
5. Love Life
Met his lover Lord Alfred Boise
Douglas (1891)
They were together for
four years
Wilde was put in prison for gross Indecency
with a man