He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and later at Oxford. There he receives the influence of Walter Pater and the doctrine of "art for art". In 1879, goes to London to establish himself as leader of the "aesthetic movement". In 1881 it published a collection of his poems. In 1882, without money, agrees to participate in a year of travel between USA and Canada. This trip earned him fame and fortune.
In 1884, he married the beautiful Constance Lloyd. With the publication of "Portrait of Dorian Gray", unleashes his literary career. Oscar and Constance had 2 sons: Cyril and Vyvyan. But one night, Robert Ross, a young Canadian score, seduced Oscar and forced him finally to confront his homosexual feelings that haunted him since the time when I was a student.
Years later Oscar was arrested on charges of homosexual behavior and sentenced to 2 years imprisonment with hard labor, and the last part in Reading Gaol. The dire conditions of the prison caused a number of diseases and led to death. It was declared also in liquidation.
He died as a broken man on November 30, 1900.
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