Oscar Wilde
Ce point d’intérêt est disponible en audio dans le circuit: Visit Paris, Père Lachaise : The Cemetery of the East
You are now standing before the tomb of Oscar Wilde — one of Ireland’s brightest minds, and one of the world’s most unforgettable writers. You’ve likely heard of some of his work… For example, he published the renowned The Picture of Dorian Gray in 1890, a philosophical novel about eternal youth. Or The Importance of Being Earnest, his 1895 witty comedy that mocks the rules of high society. And of course, his passionate play Salome, written in 1893. Before becoming a renowned poet, Oscar Wilde was an art critic. Flamboyant and exaggerated caricatures of him circulated through newspapers, spreading his fame across Europe. Then came the Queensberry scandal… Here are the main details… Wilde was in a relationship with the son of the Marquess of Queensberry, which the Marquess strongly disapproved of. To humiliate Wilde, the Marquess went to the writer’s hotel and left a cruel calling card that read: “For Oscar Wilde, posing as a sodomite”. Wilde took the Marquess to court. But the trial turned against him. On May 25th, 1895, Oscar Wilde was convicted of homosexuality—a crime in Britain at the time. After his release in 1897, he converted to Catholicism, and passed away a few years later from meningitis. We’ll leave you with his own words: “One’s real life is often the life that one does not lead”.
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