Oscar Wilde

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aphorist essayist human novelist playwright poet short story writer

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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Label Occurrences
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 Oscar Wilde self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Wilde
fullName Oscar Wilde self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills 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 ⓘ
Decadentism ⓘ
surface form: Decadent movement
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 ⓘ
Salome ⓘ
surface form: Salomé

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, England ⓘ
surface form: London

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 ⓘ
Salome ⓘ
surface form: Salomé

The Ballad of Reading Gaol ⓘ
The Canterville Ghost ⓘ
The Happy Prince and Other Tales ⓘ
surface form: The Happy Prince

The Importance of Being Earnest ⓘ
The Importance of Being Earnest ⓘ
surface form: The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People

The Picture of Dorian Gray ⓘ
The Happy Prince and Other Tales ⓘ
surface form: The Selfish Giant

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University of Oxford → notableAlumni → Oscar Wilde ⓘ
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Stephen Fry → notableWork → Oscar Wilde ⓘ
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Oscar Wilde libel trial → hasPlaintiff → Oscar Wilde ⓘ
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The Bodley Head → notableAuthorPublished → Oscar Wilde ⓘ
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Cornel Wilde → familyName → Oscar Wilde ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wilde
Francis Thompson (English poet) → hasInfluenced → Oscar Wilde ⓘ
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Wildes → hasVariant → Oscar Wilde ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wilde
The Importance of Being Earnest → author → 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 ⓘ
The Happy Prince and Other Tales → author → Oscar Wilde ⓘ
Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories → author → Oscar Wilde ⓘ
Newdigate Prize → notableWinner → Oscar Wilde ⓘ
Vyvyan Holland → familyName → Oscar Wilde ⓘ
this entity surface form: 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 magazine → hasEditor → Oscar Wilde ⓘ
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Woman’s World magazine → hasContributor → Oscar Wilde ⓘ
subject surface form: Woman’s World
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 ⓘ