In the years after his release, his health deteriorated. It was the last time they saw each other. When his mother died that same year, his wife Constance visited him at the jail to bring him the news. In 1896, he lost legal custody of his children. He soon declared bankruptcy, and his property was auctioned off. In 1895, he was convicted of engaging in homosexual acts, which were then illegal, and sentenced to two years imprisonment with hard labor. That reputation was confirmed and enhanced by the phenomenal success of his society comedies: Lady Windermere’s Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, and The Importance of Being Earnest, all performed on London’s West End stage between 18. However, his three volumes of short fiction, The Happy Prince, Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime, and A House of Pomegranates, together with his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, gradually won him a reputation as a modern writer with an original talent. After his marriage to Constance Lloyd in 1884, he tried to establish himself as a writer, but with little initial success. He had a reputation as a flamboyant wit and man-about-town. In 1875, he began publishing poetry in literary magazines, and in 1878, he won the coveted Newdigate Prize for English poetry. He won scholarships to both Trinity College, Dublin, and Magdalen College, Oxford. Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) was born in Dublin.
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