The
tomb of Irish poet Oscar Wilde in Paris’ Père Lachaise cemetery will be
protected from visitors who have been inadvertently damaging it when
they visit. Since the ‘90s, people – mostly women – started leaving
lipstick kisses on his tomb as a gentle memento for a writer who didn’t
show much regard for women. The problem was that cleaning off those
kisses was damaging the stone. Wilde’s grandson says the tomb is close
to being damaged beyond repair, so it will have a glass enclosure to
protect it from further damage. The author of “The Importance of Being
Earnest,” “An Ideal Husband” and “The Picture of Dorian Gray” died in
Paris November 30, 1900, at age 46.
