Alexandre Dumas [a] (born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, [b] 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), [1] [2] also known as Alexandre Dumas père, [c] was a French novelist and playwright. His works have been translated into many languages and he is one of the most widely read French authors.

Dec 1, 2024 · Alexandre Dumas, père (born July 24, 1802, Villers-Cotterêts, Aisne, France—died December 5, 1870, Puys, near Dieppe) was one of the most prolific and most popular French authors of the 19th century.

Apr 2, 2014 · Alexandre Dumas is a celebrated French author best known for his historical adventure novels, including 'The Three Musketeers' and 'The Count of Monte Cristo.'

Oct 3, 2023 · Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist. One of France’s most famous novelists, Alexandre Dumas is famed for his tales of derring-do – and his life was every bit as eventful as his novels.

Nov 20, 2024 · Alexandre Dumas père (1802–1870) was a renowned French novelist and playwright best known for his historical adventure novels, including The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo. He was one of the most widely read French authors, and his works have been adapted into numerous films and other media.

Alexandre Dumas, père, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (July 24, 1802 – December 5, 1870), was a French writer, best known for the numerous historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world.

Nov 10, 2018 · French author Alexandre Dumas (born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie; July 24, 1802 – December 5, 1870) wrote novels that came to epitomize the adventure genre. In works such as The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, Dumas eschewed historical accuracy and literary elegance to craft stories that delivered non-stop action.

May 8, 2018 · The French novelist and dramatist commonly known as Dumas père, to distinguish him from his writer son (also named Alexandre Dumas), was born in Villers-Cotter ê ts, a small town in northern France, in 1802. Dumas's own colorful life reads like a novel.

Alexander Dumas’s philosophical and witty ideas won him a great name during his lifetime. His appealing thoughts about crime and criminality, vivid descriptions of romance and humor, and philosophy about man’s nature never disappeared from the pages of history.

Alexandre Dumas, known as Dumas père, (born July 24, 1802, Villers-Cotterêts, Aisne, France—died Dec. 5, 1870, Puys, near Dieppe), French playwright and novelist. Dumas’s first success was as a writer of melodramatic plays, including Napoléon Bonaparte (1831) and …