British actor Rupert Everett delivers a speech as he attends the unveiling of Oscar Wilde's newly renovated tombstone which coincides with the 111th anniversary of his death, at the Pere Lachaise cemetery, in Paris, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. Everett is currently putting the finishing touches on his script about the later years of Oscar Wilde's life. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
British actor Rupert Everett delivers a speech as he attends the unveiling of Oscar Wilde's newly renovated tombstone which coincides with the 111th anniversary of his death, at the Pere Lachaise cemetery, in Paris, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. Everett is currently putting the finishing touches on his script about the later years of Oscar Wilde's life. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Oscar Wilde's grandson, Merlin Holland delivers a speech in front of the newly renovated tombstone of his grand father which coincides with the 111th anniversary of his death, at the Pere Lachaise cemetery, in Paris, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Visitors put flowers on the newly renovated tombstone of Irish writer Oscar Wilde, at the Pere Lachaise cemetery, in Paris, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
British actor Rupert Everett attends the unveiling of Oscar Wilde's newly renovated tombstone which coincides with the 111th anniversary of his death, at the Pere Lachaise cemetery, in Paris, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. Everett is currently putting the finishing touches on his script about the later years of Oscar Wilde's life. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
PARIS (AP) ? Actor Rupert Everett and Oscar Wilde's grandson have unveiled a makeover of the writer's gravesite on the 111th anniversary of his death.
Everett, who is writing about the poet's life, spoke at a podium Wednesday bearing a poster of the pre-renovation tomb covered in notes and lipstick at Paris' famed Pere Lachaise cemetery.
The tomb had become such a well-loved pilgrimage site ? and had been so well-kissed ? that it needed renovation. A glass screen now separates visitors from the stone itself.
Everett hailed Wilde's "force" and the "amazing trajectory of his life."
Grandson Merlin Holland said his grandfather "would be incredibly touched by all the attention. After all he was sent out of England in 1897 a bankrupt, a homosexual and a convict ... and the French took him to their hearts."
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