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.
Wrote 144
2020s
- 2026
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Novel
- 2025
National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest
Writer
- 2024
Oscar
Writer
- 2023
expulsion
Original Story
Blue Moon Once
Writer
- 2022
Salomé (Opéra de Paris)
Writer
- 2021
Being Earnest
Writer
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Novel
Linhas Cruzadas
Novel
The importance of being Earnest
Theatre Play
- 2020
Salome - Wiener Staatsoper
Original Story
2010s
- 2019
Love Me Not
Original Story
- 2018
The Importance of Being Earnest
Theatre Play
An Ideal Husband
Writer
Lady Windermere's Fan
Writer
- 2017
A Woman of No Importance
Writer
- 2016
Damocles
Short Story
Ernest in Love
Author
- 2015
The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage
Writer
Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose
Original Story
- 2013
Wilde Salomé
Theatre Play
- 2011
The Importance of Being Earnest
Writer
2000s
- 2009
Belonging to Laura
Author
- 2008
Strauss: Salome
Theatre Play
Ashta Chamma
Writer
Bhoothnath
Short Story
Royal Opera House: Salomé
Original Story
L'Importance d'être Constant
Theatre Play
- 2005
Ernest in Love
Original Concept
The Canterville Ghost
Novel
Call Me Salomè
Book
- 2004
- 2003
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
Writer
- 2002
The Importance of Being Earnest
Theatre Play
- 2001
The Canterville Ghost
Scenario Writer
The Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony
Writer
1990s
- 1999
An Ideal Husband
Theatre Play
- 1998
Sex Files: Portrait of the Soul
Original Story
The Story of the Selfish Giant
Short Story
- 1997
The Canterville Ghost
Story
Salome
Theatre Play
- 1996
- 1995
Fleshy Doll
Writer
- 1992
The Importance of Being Earnest
Theatre Play
The Happy Prince
Writer
Bildnis der Leidenschaft
Original Story
Spiegel der Lüste
Original Story
- 1990
The Canterville Ghost
Short Story
1980s
- 1988
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
Writer
The Canterville Ghost
Short Story
The Importance of Being Earnest
Theatre Play
- 1986
The Canterville Ghost
Short Story
Salomé
Theatre Play
- 1985
Lady Windermere's Fan
Writer
- 1983
Tale of the Star-Child
Novel
The Sins of Dorian Gray
Novel
- 1982
The Selfish Giant
Short Story
- 1981
The Ghost of the Lake
Novel
Il est important d'être aimé
Author
- 1980
An Ideal Husband
Theatre Play
1970s
- 1979
In Memoriam, or The Ballad of Reading Gaol
Writer
Jak je důležité míti Filipa
Theatre Play
- 1978
Take Off
Idea, Novel
Salomé
Theatre Play
- 1976
The Importance of Being Earnest
Theatre Play
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Original Story
- 1975
Two Women
Writer
O Caçador de Fantasma
Original Story
The Remarkable Rocket
Novel
The Happy Prince
Writer
What I Haven't Told the Prince
Story
- 1974
The Canterville Ghost
Novel
The Happy Prince
Short Story
The Portrait of Dorian Gay
Novel
- 1973
Salome
Theatre Play
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Novel
- 1972
Salomé
Theatre Play
An Ideal Husband
Author
- 1971
The Selfish Giant
Original Story
Theatre Macabre
Short Story
- 1970
An Evening with Orson Welles: The Happy Prince
Original Story
The Canterville Ghost
Short Story
Dorian Gray
Novel
1960s
- 1969
An Ideal Husband
Writer
Salomé
Writer
- 1968
The Canterville Ghost
Short Story
Świat grozy
Short Story
Zbrodnia lorda Artura Savile'a
Short Story
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Novel
- 1967
An Ideal Husband
Writer
- 1966
- 1965
The Canterville Ghost
Novel
- 1964
The Canterville Ghost
Novel
- 1961
The Fisherman and His Soul
Story
Mr. Ernest
Theatre Play
Lady Windermere's Fan
Author
- 1960
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
Original Concept
1950s
- 1958
The Star-Child
Short Story
Il Novelliere - Il salotto di Oscar Wilde
Novel
- 1957
The Man of My Dreams
Story
- 1956
Armchair Theatre
Writer
- 1952
- 1950
Al compás de tu mentira
Theatre Play
1940s
- 1949
The Fan
Theatre Play
- 1948
Historia de una mala mujer
Theatre Play
- 1947
An Ideal Husband
Theatre Play
An Ideal Husband
Author
- 1945
Una mujer sin importancia
Theatre Play
- 1944
El abanico de Lady Windermere
Screenplay
The Canterville Ghost
Story, Original Story
- 1943
Flesh and Fantasy
Short Story
1930s
- 1939
The Young Mistress' Fan
Original Story
- 1937
A Woman of No Importance
Theatre Play
- 1935
Lady Windermeres Fächer
Theatre Play
1920s
- 1925
- 1923
- 1922
Lord Savile’s Crime
Story
- 1921
A Woman of No Importance
Theatre Play
1910s
- 1916
Lady Windermere's Fan
Theatre Play
- 1915
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Novel
- 1910
Other crew 2
2020s
- 2021
Linhas Cruzadas
Dramaturgy
2000s
- 2004
Zombie Psycho STHLM
Poem