Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Person
gptkbp:associatedAct gptkb:Aesthetic_Movement
Decadent Movement
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Literature
gptkbp:born October 16, 1854
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Père_Lachaise_Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:Vyvyan_Wilde
gptkb:Cyril_Wilde
gptkbp:died November 30, 1900
gptkbp:education gptkb:Trinity_College_Dublin
gptkb:Magdalen_College,_Oxford
gptkbp:famousQuote Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:F._Scott_Fitzgerald
gptkb:James_Joyce
gptkb:Virginia_Woolf
gptkb:T.S._Eliot
gptkbp:influences gptkb:Charles_Dickens
gptkb:Edgar_Allan_Poe
gptkb:Walter_Pater
John Ruskin
gptkbp:knownFor Critique of Victorian society
Wit and satire
Themes of love and betrayal
Exploration of aestheticism
gptkbp:legacy Influence on modern literature
Inspiration for films and plays
Cultural icon of LGBTQ+ rights
Symbol of artistic freedom
gptkbp:nationality Irish
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:BAFTA_Award
gptkb:Tony_Award
gptkb:O._Henry_Award
Academy Award
gptkbp:notableWorks gptkb:Lady_Windermere's_Fan
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Canterville Ghost
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Poet
Novelist
Playwright
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Dublin,_Ireland
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Paris,_France
gptkb:Meningitis
gptkbp:spouse Constance Lloyd