Alexandre Dumas Biography

Alexandre Dumas biography

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NAME: Alexandre Dumas
OCCUPATION: Journalist, Author, Playwright
BIRTH DATE: July 24, 1802
DEATH DATE: December 05, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH: Villers-Cotterêts, France

PLACE OF DEATH: Puys, France
Nickname: Dumas père

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Alexandre Dumas was a 19th-century French novelist and playwright whose best known works are The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo.

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Alexandre Dumas was born on July 24, 1802 in Villers-Cotterêts, Aisne, France. He moved to Paris and worked in the household of the future King Louis-Philippe. He became a successful playwright and then historical novelist, writing The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo. His success led to an expensive lifestyle that he had to write furiously to support. Dumas died in 1870.