Properties (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
writer
|
| gptkbp:adaptation |
gptkb:The_Picture_of_Dorian_Gray_(film)
The Importance of Being Earnest (play) The Canterville Ghost (film) The Importance of Being Earnest (film) |
| gptkbp:associatedWith |
gptkb:Aesthetic_Movement
Decadent Movement |
| gptkbp:awards |
Honorary_degree_from_Oxford_University
|
| gptkbp:born |
October 16, 1854
|
| gptkbp:children |
gptkb:Vyvyan_Wilde
gptkb:Cyril_Wilde |
| gptkbp:convictedOf |
two years
gross indecency |
| gptkbp:died |
November 30, 1900
|
| gptkbp:famousFor |
wit and flamboyant style
|
| gptkbp:famousQuote |
Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it. 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. |
| gptkbp:fullName |
gptkb:Oscar_Fingal_O'Flahertie_Wills_Wilde
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Oscar Wilde
|
| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Virginia_Woolf
gptkb:James_Barrie |
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:Walter_Pater
John Ruskin |
| gptkbp:legacy |
Influence on modern literature
Inspiration for various artistic works Subject of numerous biographies Cultural icon of the LGBTQ+ community Symbol of the conflict between art and morality. |
| gptkbp:nationality |
Irish
|
| gptkbp:notableWorks |
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Importance of Being Earnest The Canterville Ghost De Profundis |
| gptkbp:occupation |
novelist
playwright poet |
| gptkbp:placeOfBirth |
gptkb:Dublin,_Ireland
|
| gptkbp:placeOfDeath |
gptkb:Paris,_France
|
| gptkbp:restingPlace |
gptkb:Père_Lachaise_Cemetery
|
| gptkbp:spouse |
Constance Lloyd
|