Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe

Oscar Wilde

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, July 27, 2022

1. Oscar Wilde Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Oscar Wilde
Poète et Dramaturge
ne à Dublin
le 15 octobre 1856
est mort dans cette maison
le 30 novembre 1900

(English translation:)

Oscar Wilde, poet and playwright, born in Dublin on October 15, 1856, died in this building on November 30, 1900.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment. A significant historical date for this entry is November 30, 1900.

Location. 48° 51.382′ N, 2° 20.115′ E. Marker is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Marker is on Rue des Beaux Arts just east of Rue Bonaparte. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 13 Rue des Beaux Arts, Paris, Île-de-France 75006, France. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Jorge Luis Borges (here, next to this marker); Guy Robert Du Costal and Yvonne Le Marec (within shouting distance of this marker); Musée des Monuments français / Museum of French Monuments (within shouting distance of this marker); Racine (within shouting distance of this marker);

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Constant Le Breton (within shouting distance of this marker); L'imprimerie de Balzac / Balzac's Print Shop (within shouting distance of this marker); Le Conseil National de Pays Tchéques / The National Council of Czech Lands (within shouting distance of this marker); Le Marechal Lyautey / Marshal Lyautey (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.

Also see . . . Oscar Wilde (Wikipedia).

Excerpt: "Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s. He is best remembered for his epigrams and plays, his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, and the circumstances of his criminal conviction for gross indecency for consensual homosexual acts in "one of the first celebrity trials",[1] imprisonment, and early death from meningitis at age 46."

(Submitted on August 2, 2022.)

Oscar Wilde Marker - wide view image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, July 27, 2022

2. Oscar Wilde Marker - wide view

The Wilde marker is visible here above the doorway and to the left, while the marker for Borges is above the doorway and to the right.

Oscar Wilde Marker - wider view image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, July 27, 2022

3. Oscar Wilde Marker - wider view

Oscar Wilde commemorative plaque image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, July 27, 2022

4. Oscar Wilde commemorative plaque

Mounted on the building directly below the marker is a commemorative plaque for Oscar Wilde.

Oscar Wilde carte de visite image. Click for full size.

N. Sarony (courtesy of the New York Public Library), 1889

5. Oscar Wilde carte de visite

Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 2, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 64 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 2, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.