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Birthday:
1854-10-16
Place of birth:
Dublin, Ireland
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Oscar Wilde

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams, plays and the circumstances of his imprisonment, followed by his early death.

Wilde's parents were successful Dublin intellectuals, and their son showed his intelligence early by becoming fluent in French and German. At university Wilde read Greats; he proved himself to be an outstanding classicist, first at Dublin, then at Oxford. He became known for his involvement in the rising philosophy of aestheticism (led by two of his tutors, Walter Pater and John Ruskin), though he also profoundly explored Roman Catholicism, to which he would later convert on his deathbed. After university, Wilde moved to London into fashionable cultural and social circles. As a spokesman for aestheticism, he tried his hand at various literary activities: he published a book of poems, lectured in the United States of America and Canada on the new "English Renaissance in Art", and then returned to London where he worked prolifically as a journalist. Known for his biting wit, flamboyant dress, and glittering conversation, Wilde had become one of the most well-known personalities of his day.

At the turn of the 1890s, he refined his ideas about the supremacy of art in a series of dialogues and essays, and incorporated themes of decadence, duplicity, and beauty into his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890). The opportunity to construct aesthetic details precisely, and combine them with larger social themes, drew Wilde to write drama. He wrote Salome (1891) in French in Paris but it was refused a licence. Unperturbed, Wilde produced four society comedies in the early 1890s, which made him one of the most successful playwrights of late Victorian London.

At the height of his fame and success, whilst his masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), was still on stage in London, Wilde sued the father of his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, for libel. After a series of trials, Wilde was convicted of gross indecency with other men and imprisoned for two years, held to hard labour. In prison he wrote De Profundis (1905), a long letter which discusses his spiritual journey through his trials, forming a dark counterpoint to his earlier philosophy of pleasure. Upon his release he left immediately for France, never to return to Ireland or Britain. There he wrote his last work, The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898), a long poem commemorating the harsh rhythms of prison life. He died destitute in Paris at the age of forty-six.

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Known for

Acting
2021 Edward Carson and the Fall of Oscar Wilde Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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1997 Simply Wilde Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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1995 The Life and Loves of Oscar Wilde Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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Writing
2023 The Canterville Ghost Writing Short Story 59
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2023 Blue Moon Once Writing Writer N/A
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2022 Salomé (Opéra de Paris) Writing Writer N/A
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2021 Being Earnest Writing Writer N/A
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2021 Salomé Writing Writer 59
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2021 The Picture of Dorian Gray Writing Novel 59
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2021 The importance of being Earnest Writing Theatre Play N/A
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2020 Salome Writing Writer 59
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2018 The Importance of Being Earnest Writing Theatre Play 59
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2018 An Ideal Husband Writing Writer 59
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2018 Lady Windermere's Fan Writing Writer 59
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2017 A Woman of No Importance Writing Writer 59
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2016 Damocles Writing Short Story 58
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2016 The Canterville Ghost Writing Novel 58
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2015 Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose Writing Original Story 59
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2013 Salomé Writing Theatre Play 59
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2009 Belonging to Laura Writing Author N/A
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2009 Dorian Gray Writing Novel 60
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2008 Strauss: Salome Writing Theatre Play N/A
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2008 Ashta Chamma Writing Writer 59
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2008 Salomé Writing Original Story 59
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2008 L'Importance d'être Constant Writing Theatre Play N/A
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2007 Dítě hvězdy Writing Book N/A
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2005 Ernest in Love Writing Original Concept N/A
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2005 The Canterville Ghost Writing Novel 59
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2004 A Good Woman Writing Author 59
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2003 Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose Writing Writer N/A
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2003 Dorian Writing Novel 58
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2002 The Importance of Being Earnest Writing Theatre Play 63
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2001 The Canterville Ghost Writing Scenario Writer 59
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2001 The Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony Writing Writer N/A
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1999 An Ideal Husband Writing Theatre Play 59
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1999 An Ideal Husband Writing Theatre Play 60
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1998 Sex Files: Portrait of the Soul Writing Original Story 58
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1998 The Story of the Selfish Giant Writing Short Story N/A
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1997 The Canterville Ghost Writing Story N/A
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1997 Salome Writing Theatre Play N/A
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1996 The Canterville Ghost Writing Short Story 59
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1995 Fleshy Doll Writing Writer 58
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1992 Salomé Writing Original Story 59
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1992 The Importance of Being Earnest Writing Theatre Play N/A
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1992 The Happy Prince Writing Writer N/A
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1990 The Canterville Ghost Writing Short Story N/A
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1989 The Canterville Ghost Writing Novel 59
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1988 The Ballad of Reading Gaol Writing Writer 59
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1988 The Canterville Ghost Writing Short Story 58
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1988 The Importance of Being Earnest Writing Theatre Play 58
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1988 Salome's Last Dance Writing Theatre Play 59
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1986 The Canterville Ghost Writing Short Story 59
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1986 Salomé Writing Theatre Play 58
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1985 Lady Windermere's Fan Writing Writer N/A
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1985 The Canterville Ghost Writing Short Story 58
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1984 Ein idealer Gatte Writing Theatre Play N/A
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1984 Zločin Arthura Savila Writing Novel N/A
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1984 Bezvýznamná žena Writing Theatre Play N/A
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1983 Tale of the Star-Child Writing Novel 58
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1983 The Sins of Dorian Gray Writing Novel 59
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1982 The Selfish Giant Writing Short Story N/A
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1981 Il est important d'être aimé Writing Author N/A
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1980 An Ideal Husband Writing Theatre Play 58
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1979 In Memoriam or The Ballad of Reading Gaol Writing Writer N/A
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1979 Jak je důležité míti Filipa Writing Theatre Play 59
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1978 Take Off Writing Idea 59
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1978 Salomé Writing Theatre Play 58
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1976 The Importance of Being Earnest Writing Theatre Play N/A
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1976 The Picture of Dorian Gray Writing Original Story 59
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1975 Two women Writing Writer N/A
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1975 O Caçador de Fantasma Writing Original Story N/A
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1975 The Remarkable Rocket Writing Novel N/A
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1974 The Canterville Ghost Writing Novel 58
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1974 The Happy Prince Writing Short Story 59
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1974 The Portrait of Dorian Gay Writing Novel 59
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1973 Salome Writing Theatre Play 58
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1973 The Picture of Dorian Gray Writing Novel 58
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1972 Salome Writing Theatre Play 59
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1972 An Ideal Husband Writing Author 59
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1971 The Selfish Giant Writing Original Story 58
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1971 Salome Writing Writer 58
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1970 The Canterville Ghost Writing Short Story 59
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1970 Dorian Gray Writing Novel 58
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1969 An Ideal Husband Writing Writer 59
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1969 Salomé Writing Writer N/A
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1969 Portrét Doriana Graya Writing Novel N/A
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1968 Duch z Canterville Writing Short Story N/A
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1968 Świat grozy Writing Short Story N/A
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1968 Zbrodnia lorda Artura Savile'a Writing Short Story N/A
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1968 Zločin lorda Savila Writing Novel N/A
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1968 The Picture of Dorian Gray Writing Novel N/A
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1967 An Ideal Husband Writing Writer N/A
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1965 The Canterville Ghost Writing Novel 58
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1964 The Importance of Being Earnest Writing Theatre Play N/A
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1964 Eine Frau ohne Bedeutung Writing Writer N/A
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1964 The Canterville Ghost Writing Novel 58
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1962 The Canterville Ghost Writing Story N/A
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1962 The Canterville Ghost Writing Writer N/A
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1961 The Fisherman and His Soul Writing Story N/A
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1961 Mr. Ernest Writing Theatre Play N/A
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1961 Lady Windermere's Fan Writing Author N/A
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1960 Lord Arthur Savile's Crime Writing Original Concept N/A
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1958 An Ideal Husband Writing Writer 59
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1958 Il Novelliere - Il salotto di Oscar Wilde Writing Novel N/A
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1957 The Happy Prince Writing Original Concept N/A
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1952 The Importance of Being Earnest Writing Theatre Play 61
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1950 Al compás de tu mentira Writing Theatre Play N/A
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1949 The Fan Writing Theatre Play 58
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1948 Story of a Bad Woman Writing Theatre Play N/A
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1947 An Ideal Husband Writing Theatre Play 59
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1947 An Ideal Husband Writing Author N/A
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1945 The Picture of Dorian Gray Writing Novel 63
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1945 Una mujer sin importancia Writing Theatre Play N/A
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1944 The Canterville Ghost Writing Story 59
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1944 The Canterville Ghost Writing Original Story 59
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1943 Flesh and Fantasy Writing Short Story 59
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1939 The Young Mistress' Fan Writing Original Story N/A
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1937 A Woman of No Importance Writing Theatre Play N/A
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1935 An Ideal Husband Writing Story N/A
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1925 Lady Windermere's Fan Writing Theatre Play 59
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1922 Salomé Writing Theatre Play 59
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1921 A Woman of No Importance Writing Theatre Play N/A
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1921 Villa Destin Writing Story N/A
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1921 Salome Writing Writer 59
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1920 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Writing Novel 61
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1918 The Royal Life Writing Novel 58
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1917 The Picture of Dorian Gray Writing Novel 59
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1916 Lady Windermere's Fan Writing Theatre Play N/A
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1916 The Picture of Dorian Gray Writing Novel 58
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1915 The Picture of Dorian Grey Writing Writer 58
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1915 The Picture of Dorian Gray Writing Novel N/A
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1913 The Picture of Dorian Gray Writing Novel N/A
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1911 De bannelingen Writing Theatre Play N/A
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1910 The Picture of Dorian Gray Writing Novel N/A
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1905 The Nihilists Writing Theatre Play 58
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Crew
2004 Zombie Psycho STHLM Crew Poem 58
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1961 Man of Rope Crew Poem N/A
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