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Thursday 08 December 2011
Oscar Wilde protected from admirers' kisses 111 years after his death
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Photographers take pictures of the renovated tomb of Oscar Wilde
Reuters/Charles Platiau
By Mike Woods

Hundreds of thousands of people every year visit the graves of prominent cultural figures in Paris's Père-Lachaise cemetery. For many years, admirers have covered the grave of Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde in red-lipstick kisses and messages, a practise that has eventually taken its toll on the condition of the stone. The grave has been newly restored and protected by a glass barrier, and unveiled at a recent ceremony marking the 111th anniversary of Wilde’s death.

tags : Art - Culture - France - Literature
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