Oscar Wilde
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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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Films (161)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
2026 · Novel
SALOME
2025 · Writer
Salome
2025 · Writer
National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest
2025 · Writer
Salomé
2025 · Original Film Writer
Oscar
2024 · Writer
Le Fantôme de Canterville
2023 · Short Story
Salomé
2023 · Writer
expulsion
2023 · Original Story
Blue Moon Once
2023 · Writer
Salomé (Opéra de Paris)
2022 · Writer
Being Earnest
2021 · Writer
Salomé
2021 · Writer
The Picture of Dorian Gray
2021 · Novel
The importance of being Earnest
2021 · Theatre Play
Salome - Wiener Staatsoper
2020 · Original Story
Love Me Not
2019 · Original Story
The Importance of Being Earnest
2018 · Theatre Play
Strauss: Salome
2018 · Writer
An Ideal Husband
2018 · Writer
Lady Windermere's Fan
2018 · Writer
A Woman of No Importance
2017 · Writer
Damocles
2016 · Short Story
The Canterville Ghost
2016 · Novel
Ernest in Love
2016 · Author
The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage
2015 · Writer
Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose
2015 · Original Story
Wilde Salomé
2013 · Theatre Play
Salomé
2013 · Theatre Play
The Importance of Being Earnest
2011 · Writer
Belonging to Laura
2009 · Author
Dorian Gray
2009 · Novel
Strauss: Salome
2008 · Theatre Play
Ashta Chamma
2008 · Writer
Bhoothnath
2008 · Short Story
Royal Opera House: Salomé
2008 · Original Story
L'Importance d'être Constant
2008 · Theatre Play
Dítě hvězdy
2007 · Book
Syn gwiazd
2006 · Short Story
Ernest in Love
2005 · Original Concept
The Canterville Ghost
2005 · Novel
Call Me Salomè
2005 · Book
A Good Woman
2004 · Author
Zombie Psycho STHLM
2004 · Poem
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
2003 · Writer
Dorian
2003 · Novel
The Importance of Being Earnest
2002 · Theatre Play
The Canterville Ghost
2001 · Scenario Writer
An Ideal Husband
1999 · Theatre Play
An Ideal Husband
1999 · Theatre Play
Sex Files: Portrait of the Soul
1998 · Original Story
The Story of the Selfish Giant
1998 · Short Story
The Canterville Ghost
1997 · Story
Salome
1997 · Theatre Play
The Canterville Ghost
1996 · Short Story
Fleshy Doll
1995 · Writer
El abanico de Lady Windermere
1994 · Screenplay
Salomé
1992 · Original Story
The Importance of Being Earnest
1992 · Theatre Play
The Happy Prince
1992 · Writer
The Canterville Ghost
1990 · Short Story
The Canterville Ghost
1989 · Novel
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
1988 · Writer
The Canterville Ghost
1988 · Short Story
The Importance of Being Earnest
1988 · Theatre Play
Salome's Last Dance
1988 · Theatre Play
The Canterville Ghost
1986 · Short Story
Salomé
1986 · Theatre Play
Un cuento de ciudad
1986 · Story
Lady Windermere's Fan
1985 · Writer
The Canterville Ghost
1985 · Short Story
Ideálny manžel
1985 · Theatre Play
KungFu Boys 3
1984 · Theatre Play
Bezvýznamná žena
1984 · Theatre Play
Zločin Arthura Savila
1984 · Novel
Tale of the Star-Child
1983 · Novel
The Sins of Dorian Gray
1983 · Novel
Ein Mord liegt auf der Hand
1983 · Novel
The Selfish Giant
1982 · Short Story
The Ghost of the Lake
1981 · Novel
Il est important d'être aimé
1981 · Author
An Ideal Husband
1980 · Theatre Play
In Memoriam, or The Ballad of Reading Gaol
1979 · Writer
Jak je důležité míti Filipa
1979 · Theatre Play
Salomé
1978 · Theatre Play
The Importance of Being Earnest
1976 · Theatre Play
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1976 · Original Story
Two Women
1975 · Writer
O Caçador de Fantasma
1975 · Original Story
The Remarkable Rocket
1975 · Novel
The Happy Prince
1975 · Writer
What I Haven't Told the Prince
1975 · Story
The Canterville Ghost
1974 · Novel
The Happy Prince
1974 · Short Story
Salome
1973 · Theatre Play
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1973 · Novel
Salomé
1972 · Theatre Play
An Ideal Husband
1972 · Author
The Selfish Giant
1971 · Original Story
Salome
1971 · Writer
An Evening with Orson Welles: The Happy Prince
1970 · Original Story
The Canterville Ghost
1970 · Short Story
Dorian Gray
1970 · Novel
An Ideal Husband
1969 · Writer
Salomé
1969 · Writer
The Canterville Ghost
1968 · Short Story
Świat grozy
1968 · Short Story
Zbrodnia lorda Artura Savile'a
1968 · Short Story
Zločin lorda Savila
1968 · Novel
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1968 · Novel
An Ideal Husband
1967 · Writer
The Canterville Ghost
1966 · Writer
The Canterville Ghost
1965 · Novel
The Importance of Being Earnest
1964 · Theatre Play
Eine Frau ohne Bedeutung
1964 · Writer
The Canterville Ghost
1964 · Novel
The Canterville Ghost
1962 · Story
The Canterville Ghost
1962 · Writer
The Fisherman and His Soul
1961 · Story
Mr. Ernest
1961 · Theatre Play
Lady Windermere's Fan
1961 · Author
Man of Rope
1961 · Poem
A Woman of No Importance
1960 · Original Story
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
1960 · Original Concept
An Ideal Husband
1958 · Writer
The Star-Child
1958 · Short Story
Il Novelliere - Il salotto di Oscar Wilde
1958 · Novel
The Man of My Dreams
1957 · Story
The Happy Prince
1957 · Original Concept
The Importance of Being Earnest
1952 · Theatre Play
Al compás de tu mentira
1950 · Theatre Play
The Fan
1949 · Theatre Play
Historia de una mala mujer
1948 · Theatre Play
An Ideal Husband
1947 · Theatre Play
An Ideal Husband
1947 · Author
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1945 · Novel
Una mujer sin importancia
1945 · Theatre Play
El abanico de Lady Windermere
1944 · Screenplay
The Canterville Ghost
1944 · Story, Original Story
Flesh and Fantasy
1943 · Short Story
The Young Mistress' Fan
1939 · Original Story
A Woman of No Importance
1937 · Theatre Play
Lady Windermeres Fächer
1935 · Theatre Play
An Ideal Husband
1935 · Story
Yôma kitan
1929 · Story
Lady Windermere's Fan
1925 · Theatre Play
Salomé
1923 · Theatre Play
Salome
1923 · Writer
Lord Savile’s Crime
1922 · Story
A Woman of No Importance
1921 · Theatre Play
Villa Destin
1921 · Story
The Royal Life
1918 · Novel
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1917 · Novel
Lady Windermere's Fan
1916 · Theatre Play
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1916 · Novel
The Picture of Dorian Grey
1915 · Writer
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1915 · Novel
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1913 · Novel
The Exiles
1911 · Theatre Play
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1910 · Novel
Salome
1910 · Theatre Play
Séries (11)
Linhas Cruzadas
2021 · Novel, Dramaturgy
Theatre Night
1985 · Theatre Play
Theatre Macabre
1971 · Short Story
Great Performances
1971 · Writer
Alta comedia
1970 · Story
The Portrait of Dorian Gray
1970 · Novel
ITV Playhouse
1967 · Writer
NET Playhouse
1966 · Writer
Mystery and Imagination
1966 · Short Story
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Theatre Play, Writer, Author
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Writer