{"id":230838,"date":"2025-05-04T12:00:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T10:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/?p=230838"},"modified":"2025-05-03T13:13:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T11:13:39","slug":"hotel-oscar-wilde-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/insolite\/histoire-insolite-paris\/hotel-oscar-wilde-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Quel est cet h\u00f4tel parisien dans lequel l&rsquo;\u00e9crivain Oscar Wilde serait mort ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Situ\u00e9 dans le 6e arrondissement, cet h\u00f4tel d\u00e9sormais 4 \u00e9toiles a autrefois accueilli <strong>Oscar Wilde<\/strong>, venu trouver refuge en France. Et c&rsquo;est dans l&rsquo;une de ses chambres que l&rsquo;\u00e9crivain irlandais a disparu, des suites d&rsquo;une m\u00e9ningite.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Derniers mois en France<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>C&rsquo;est en 1898 qu&rsquo;Oscar Wilde d\u00e9cide de trouver refuge dans cet h\u00f4tel parisien, apr\u00e8s avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 condamn\u00e9 \u00e0 deux ans de travaux forc\u00e9s en Angleterre pour cause d&rsquo;homosexualit\u00e9. Exil\u00e9 loin de sa famille, il s&rsquo;y inscrit alors sous le nom d&#8217;emprunt de <strong>Sebastian Melmoth<\/strong>, et y passe les derniers mois de sa vie. De ce s\u00e9jour, l&rsquo;\u00e9crivain irlandais n&rsquo;en parlera dans aucun \u00e9crit, ayant d\u00e9finitivement cess\u00e9 l&rsquo;\u00e9criture jusqu&rsquo;\u00e0 son d\u00e9c\u00e8s, le 30 novembre 1900, \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e2ge de 46 ans.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_230843\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-230843\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-230843 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/oscar-wilde-le-dandy-1.jpg\" alt=\"Oscar Wilde\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/oscar-wilde-le-dandy-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/oscar-wilde-le-dandy-1-451x300.jpg 451w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/oscar-wilde-le-dandy-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/oscar-wilde-le-dandy-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/oscar-wilde-le-dandy-1-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/oscar-wilde-le-dandy-1-80x53.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/oscar-wilde-le-dandy-1-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/oscar-wilde-le-dandy-1-700x466.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/oscar-wilde-le-dandy-1-1000x666.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/oscar-wilde-le-dandy-1-751x500.jpg 751w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/oscar-wilde-le-dandy-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-230843\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oscar Wilde<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Une ultime photographie<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u00c0 l&rsquo;\u00e9poque, l&rsquo;\u00e9tablissement dans lequel se r\u00e9fugie Oscar Wilde se nomme l&rsquo;h\u00f4tel d&rsquo;Alsace, puis tout simplement <strong>L&rsquo;Hotel<\/strong> d\u00e8s 1967, et est situ\u00e9 au 13 rue des Beaux-Arts dans le 6e arrondissement. Il s&rsquo;agit alors d&rsquo;un \u00e9tablissement en piteux \u00e9tat, avec des chambres \u00e0 un prix peu co\u00fbteux, mais dont le manque d&rsquo;hygi\u00e8ne et de confort le rendait peu recommandable. Wilde se serait m\u00eame moqu\u00e9 du papier peint d\u00e9corant sa chambre,<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_230841\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-230841\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-230841 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/lhotel-oscar-wilde-rue-beaux-arts-paris-zigzag-3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 L'Hotel\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/lhotel-oscar-wilde-rue-beaux-arts-paris-zigzag-3-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/lhotel-oscar-wilde-rue-beaux-arts-paris-zigzag-3-1-451x300.jpg 451w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/lhotel-oscar-wilde-rue-beaux-arts-paris-zigzag-3-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/lhotel-oscar-wilde-rue-beaux-arts-paris-zigzag-3-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/lhotel-oscar-wilde-rue-beaux-arts-paris-zigzag-3-1-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/lhotel-oscar-wilde-rue-beaux-arts-paris-zigzag-3-1-80x53.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/lhotel-oscar-wilde-rue-beaux-arts-paris-zigzag-3-1-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/lhotel-oscar-wilde-rue-beaux-arts-paris-zigzag-3-1-700x466.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/lhotel-oscar-wilde-rue-beaux-arts-paris-zigzag-3-1-1000x666.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/lhotel-oscar-wilde-rue-beaux-arts-paris-zigzag-3-1-751x500.jpg 751w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/lhotel-oscar-wilde-rue-beaux-arts-paris-zigzag-3-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-230841\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 L&rsquo;Hotel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>L&rsquo;\u00e9crivain paye alors une chambre situ\u00e9e au rez-de-chauss\u00e9e et donnant sur une cour. Le\u00a0<time class=\"nowrap\" datetime=\"1900-10-28\" data-sort-value=\"1900-10-28\">28 octobre 1900<\/time>, celui-ci d\u00e9cide soudainement de se convertir au catholicisme, deux jours avant sa disparition. Mort dans sa chambre, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 immortalis\u00e9 dans son lit <strong>\u00e0 travers une photographie<\/strong> prise par son ami Maurice Gilbert.\u00a0Celle-ci est aujourd&rsquo;hui affich\u00e9e sur le mur du bar de l&rsquo;h\u00f4tel, \u00e0 c\u00f4t\u00e9 d&rsquo;un court texte de sa pi\u00e8ce <em>Salom\u00e9.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Un hommage \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9crivain<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Aujourd&rsquo;hui, L&rsquo;Hotel existe toujours dans la rue des Beaux-Arts&#8230; mais le lieu a bien chang\u00e9 ! Depuis 2013, il s&rsquo;agit d&rsquo;un restaurant\u00a0et un\u00a0h\u00f4tel 4 \u00e9toiles compos\u00e9 d&rsquo;une vingtaine de chambres. Toutefois, l&rsquo;\u00e9tablissement a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de rendre <strong>hommage \u00e0 Oscar Wilde<\/strong> en lui d\u00e9diant l&rsquo;une de ses chambres : le num\u00e9ro 16. On y retrouve un grand portrait de l&rsquo;\u00e9crivain, ainsi une grande frise peupl\u00e9e de ph\u00e9nix, qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 son surnom durant un temps dans la presse fran\u00e7aise. Il ne s&rsquo;agit toutefois pas de la pi\u00e8ce dans laquelle Wilde a rendu son dernier souffle.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_230842\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-230842\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-230842 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/lhotel-oscar-wilde-rue-beaux-arts-paris-zigzag-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 L'Hotel\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/lhotel-oscar-wilde-rue-beaux-arts-paris-zigzag-2-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/lhotel-oscar-wilde-rue-beaux-arts-paris-zigzag-2-1-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/lhotel-oscar-wilde-rue-beaux-arts-paris-zigzag-2-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/lhotel-oscar-wilde-rue-beaux-arts-paris-zigzag-2-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/lhotel-oscar-wilde-rue-beaux-arts-paris-zigzag-2-1-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/lhotel-oscar-wilde-rue-beaux-arts-paris-zigzag-2-1-80x53.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/lhotel-oscar-wilde-rue-beaux-arts-paris-zigzag-2-1-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/lhotel-oscar-wilde-rue-beaux-arts-paris-zigzag-2-1-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/lhotel-oscar-wilde-rue-beaux-arts-paris-zigzag-2-1-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/lhotel-oscar-wilde-rue-beaux-arts-paris-zigzag-2-1-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/lhotel-oscar-wilde-rue-beaux-arts-paris-zigzag-2-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-230842\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 L&rsquo;Hotel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"fig-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u00c0 lire \u00e9galement : <a title=\"L\u2019H\u00f4tel Eiffel Kennedy, un cocon de charme \u00e0 deux pas de la Tour Eiffel\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/bar-restaurant\/hotel\/hotel-eiffel-kennedy-confort-tour-eiffel\/\">L\u2019H\u00f4tel Eiffel Kennedy, un cocon de charme \u00e0 deux pas de la tour Eiffel<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Image \u00e0 la une : <\/span><\/strong>\u00a9 L&rsquo;Hotel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Situ\u00e9 dans le 6e arrondissement, cet h\u00f4tel d\u00e9sormais 4 \u00e9toiles a autrefois accueilli Oscar Wilde, venu trouver refuge en France. Et c&rsquo;est dans l&rsquo;une de ses chambres que l&rsquo;\u00e9crivain irlandais a disparu, des suites d&rsquo;une m\u00e9ningite. Derniers mois en France C&rsquo;est en 1898 qu&rsquo;Oscar Wilde d\u00e9cide de trouver refuge dans cet h\u00f4tel parisien, apr\u00e8s avoir [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":230844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_titles_title":"Quel est cet h\u00f4tel dans lequel Oscar Wilde serait mort ? 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