Oscar Wilde
Writing
Born: October 16, 1854 · Dublin, Ireland
Died: November 30, 1900 (aged 46)
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Oscar Wilde, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Dorian Gray
2009
The Importance of Being Earnest
2002
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1945
An Ideal Husband
1999
A Good Woman
2004
The Importance of Being Earnest
1952
Bhoothnath
2008
The Canterville Ghost
2016
The Canterville Ghost
1996
The Canterville Ghost
2023
Salomé
2013
The Canterville Ghost
1944
Photos (1)
Self / Appearances (2)
Upcoming (1)
Writing (145)
Great Performances
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BBC Play of the Month
Theatre Play
BBC Play of the Month
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BBC Play of the Month
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ITV Playhouse
Writer
NET Playhouse
Writer
Alta comedia
Story
Linhas Cruzadas
Novel
Dorian Gray
Novel
The Canterville Ghost
Short Story
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Novel
expulsion
Original Story
Mystery and Imagination
Short Story
Theatre Macabre
Short Story
A Good Woman
Author
An Ideal Husband
Theatre Play
Theatre Night
Theatre Play
The Picture of Dorian Grey
Writer
O Caçador de Fantasma
Original Story
The Canterville Ghost
Short Story
The Importance of Being Earnest
Theatre Play
Salomé
Theatre Play
Bhoothnath
Short Story
Salomé
Writer
Salomé
Theatre Play
National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest
Writer
Armchair Theatre
Writer
Strauss: Salome
Writer
Flesh and Fantasy
Short Story
Salomé
Theatre Play
Salome
Writer
The Canterville Ghost
Short Story
Dorian Gray
Novel
An Ideal Husband
Author
The Canterville Ghost
Story
The Canterville Ghost
Original Story
Salomé
Writer
Salome's Last Dance
Theatre Play
Salomé
Original Film Writer
The Importance of Being Earnest
Theatre Play
Wilde Salomé
Theatre Play
Dorian
Novel
Salome
Writer
Sex Files: Portrait of the Soul
Original Story
Lady Windermere's Fan
Theatre Play
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Novel
Ashta Chamma
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Call Me Salomè
Book
Salome
Theatre Play
The Fan
Theatre Play
The Canterville Ghost
Novel
The Canterville Ghost
Short Story
The Young Mistress' Fan
Original Story
Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose
Original Story
Salome
Writer
Ernest in Love
Original Concept
An Ideal Husband
Writer
An Ideal Husband
Theatre Play
An Ideal Husband
Theatre Play
Salomé
Theatre Play
Fleshy Doll
Writer
The Sins of Dorian Gray
Novel
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
Writer
Tale of the Star-Child
Novel
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Novel
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Original Story
Salomé
Theatre Play
Lady Windermere's Fan
Writer
The Canterville Ghost
Novel
Salome
Theatre Play
The Canterville Ghost
Short Story
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Novel
The Happy Prince
Short Story
Al compás de tu mentira
Theatre Play
Lady Windermere's Fan
Writer
The Canterville Ghost
Novel
An Ideal Husband
Writer
Love Me Not
Original Story
The Canterville Ghost
Novel
The Canterville Ghost
Story
The Canterville Ghost
Short Story
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Novel
What I Haven't Told the Prince
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An Evening with Orson Welles: The Happy Prince
Original Story
The Importance of Being Earnest
Theatre Play
Blue Moon Once
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The Ghost of the Lake
Novel
Salomé
Writer
Mr. Ernest
Theatre Play
Lord Savile’s Crime
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The Canterville Ghost
Scenario Writer
The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage
Writer
Damocles
Short Story
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
Original Concept
An Ideal Husband
Author
The Importance of Being Earnest
Theatre Play
Lady Windermeres Fächer
Theatre Play
The Happy Prince
Writer
Una mujer sin importancia
Theatre Play
The Importance of Being Earnest
Writer
The Selfish Giant
Short Story
The Selfish Giant
Original Story
A Woman of No Importance
Writer
Royal Opera House: Salomé
Original Story
The Fisherman and His Soul
Story
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Novel
The Importance of Being Earnest
Theatre Play
Lady Windermere's Fan
Author
In Memoriam, or The Ballad of Reading Gaol
Writer
Salomé
Theatre Play
A Woman of No Importance
Theatre Play
The Star-Child
Short Story
Strauss: Salome
Theatre Play
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
Writer
Ernest in Love
Author
The importance of being Earnest
Theatre Play
Historia de una mala mujer
Theatre Play
Belonging to Laura
Author
Il Novelliere - Il salotto di Oscar Wilde
Novel
Salomé (Opéra de Paris)
Writer
The Canterville Ghost
Short Story
An Ideal Husband
Theatre Play
Two Women
Writer
The Remarkable Rocket
Novel
The Canterville Ghost
Novel
A Woman of No Importance
Theatre Play
Oscar
Writer
The Importance of Being Earnest
Theatre Play
Świat grozy
Short Story
The Happy Prince
Writer
Jak je důležité míti Filipa
Theatre Play
The Man of My Dreams
Story
Being Earnest
Writer
The Story of the Selfish Giant
Short Story
An Ideal Husband
Writer
The Canterville Ghost
Short Story
Lady Windermere's Fan
Theatre Play
Zbrodnia lorda Artura Savile'a
Short Story
Il est important d'être aimé
Author
L'Importance d'être Constant
Theatre Play
The Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony
Writer
Take Off
Idea
The Portrait of Dorian Gay
Novel
Bildnis der Leidenschaft
Original Story
Spiegel der Lüste
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