Oscar Wilde

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Oscar Wilde was an Irish playwright, novelist, and poet renowned for his sharp wit, flamboyant style, and works such as "The Picture of Dorian Gray" and "The Importance of Being Earnest."

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Oscar Wilde canonical 62
Wilde 7
Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde 1

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instanceOf aphorist
essayist
human
novelist
playwright
poet
short story writer
awardReceived Newdigate Prize
burialPlace Père Lachaise Cemetery
causeOfDeath meningitis
child Cyril Holland
Vyvyan Holland
citizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
convertedTo Roman Catholicism
convictedOf gross indecency
countryOfBirth Ireland
countryOfDeath France
dateOfBirth 1854-10-16
dateOfDeath 1900-11-30
educatedAt Magdalen College, Oxford
Trinity College Dublin
employer Woman’s World magazine
ethnicity Irish
familyName Wilde
linked to: Oscar Wilde
fullName Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde
linked to: Oscar Wilde
genre Gothic fiction
comedy of manners
philosophical fiction
givenName Oscar
imprisonedAt Reading Gaol
influenced George Bernard Shaw
Noël Coward
Stephen Fry
influencedBy John Ruskin
Walter Pater
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement Aestheticism
Decadent movement
linked to: Decadentism
notableQuote I can resist everything except temptation.
Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life.
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
notableWork A Woman of No Importance
An Ideal Husband
De Profundis
Lady Windermere’s Fan
Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories
Salomé
linked to: Salome

The Ballad of Reading Gaol
The Canterville Ghost
The Happy Prince and Other Tales
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Picture of Dorian Gray
occupation journalist
lecturer
novelist
playwright
poet
parent Jane Wilde
William Wilde
placeOfBirth Dublin
placeOfDeath Paris
positionHeld editor of Woman’s World
religion Anglicanism
Roman Catholicism
residence London
linked to: London, England

Paris
Reading Gaol
sentence two years’ hard labour
sexualOrientation homosexual
spouse Constance Lloyd
wrote A Woman of No Importance
An Ideal Husband
De Profundis
Lady Windermere’s Fan
Salomé
linked to: Salome

The Ballad of Reading Gaol
The Canterville Ghost
The Happy Prince
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Selfish Giant

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University of Oxford notableAlumni Oscar Wilde
Dublin famousWriterAssociated Oscar Wilde
Victorian era notableFigure Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde fullName Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde
linked to: Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde familyName Wilde
linked to: Oscar Wilde
Aestheticism notableProponent Oscar Wilde
Jane Wilde Hawking familyName Wilde
linked to: Oscar Wilde
Poets’ Corner notableMemorial Oscar Wilde
Decadentism hasNotableFigure Oscar Wilde
Stephen Fry notableWork Wilde
linked to: Oscar Wilde
St James's Theatre associatedWith Oscar Wilde
Crome Yellow influencedBy Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde libel trial relatedTo Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray author Oscar Wilde
Cornel Wilde familyName Wilde
linked to: Oscar Wilde
Francis Thompson hasInfluenced Oscar Wilde
subject linked to: Francis Thompson (English poet)
Wildes hasVariant Wilde
linked to: Oscar Wilde
De Profundis author Oscar Wilde
The Ballad of Reading Gaol author Oscar Wilde
A Woman of No Importance author Oscar Wilde
A Woman of No Importance writer Oscar Wilde
The Canterville Ghost author Oscar Wilde
Newdigate Prize notableWinner Oscar Wilde
Vyvyan Holland familyName Wilde
linked to: Oscar Wilde
Vyvyan Holland father Oscar Wilde
Vyvyan Holland notableRelative Oscar Wilde
William Wilde child Oscar Wilde
Jane Wilde child Oscar Wilde
Jane Wilde relative Oscar Wilde
Jane Wilde motherOf Oscar Wilde
Jane Wilde influenced Oscar Wilde
Woman’s World hasEditor Oscar Wilde
subject linked to: Woman’s World magazine
Woman’s World hasContributor Oscar Wilde
subject linked to: Woman’s World magazine
Walter Pater influenced Oscar Wilde
Lady Windermere’s Fan author Oscar Wilde
Lady Windermere’s Fan writer Oscar Wilde
An Ideal Husband author Oscar Wilde
An Ideal Husband writer Oscar Wilde
Reading Gaol notableInmate Oscar Wilde