Alexandre Dumas
Writing
Born: July 24, 1802 · Villers-Cotterêts, Aisne, France
Died: December 5, 1870 (aged 68)
Biography
Alexandre Dumas (born Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas père, 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. His historical adventure novels were initially published as serials, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After and The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later. Since the early 20th century, his novels have been adapted into nearly 200 films. Prolific in several genres, Dumas began his career by writing successfully produced plays. He wrote numerous magazine articles and travel books; his published works totalled 100,000 pages. In the 1840s, Dumas founded the Théâtre Historique in Paris. His father, General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was born in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti) to Alexandre Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie, a French nobleman, and Marie-Cessette Dumas, an African slave. At age 14, his father took Thomas-Alexandre to France, where he was educated in a military academy and entered the military for what became an illustrious career. Alexandre acquired work with Louis-Philippe, Duke of Orléans, then as a writer, a career that led to his early success. Decades later, after the election of Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte in 1851, Dumas fell from favour and left France for Belgium, where he stayed for several years. He moved to Russia for a few years and then to Italy. In 1861, he founded and published the newspaper L'Indépendent, which supported Italian unification. He returned to Paris in 1864. English playwright Watts Phillips, who knew Dumas in his later life, described him as "the most generous, large-hearted being in the world. He also was the most delightfully amusing and egotistical creature on the face of the earth. His tongue was like a windmill – once set in motion, you would never know when he would stop, especially if the theme was himself." Description above from the Wikipedia article Alexandre Dumas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
The Man in the Iron Mask
1998
The Three Musketeers
2011
The Count of Monte Cristo
2024
The Count of Monte Cristo
2002
The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan
2023
The Three Musketeers
1993
Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers
2004
The Three Musketeers: Milady
2023
Queen Margot
1994
The King's Musketeers
2018
The Three Musketeers
1973
The Musketeer
2001
Photos (1)
Upcoming (2)
Writing (187)
The Count of Monte Cristo
Novel
BBC Play of the Month
Theatre Play
The Musketeers
Novel
The Count of Monte Cristo
Novel
The Count of Monte Cristo
Novel
The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan
Novel
Gankutsuou
Novel
The Man in the Iron Mask
Novel
The Three Musketeers
Novel
Alta comedia
Novel
The Three Musketeers
Novel
The Three Musketeers
Original Story
Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers
Novel
The Three Musketeers: Adventure of Aramis
Novel
Montecristo
Book
The Count of Monte Cristo
Novel
A Rainha Louca
Original Story
Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds
Novel
Montecristo
Novel
The Three Musketeers: Milady
Novel
The Three Musketeers
Novel
The Three Musketeers
Novel
The Count of Monte-Cristo
Novel
The Musketeer
Novel
Theatre Macabre
Short Story
Queen Margot
Novel
The Black Tulip
Novel
The Four Musketeers
Novel
Монтекристо
Characters
The Three Musketeers
Novel
Montecristo
Novel
The Further Adventures of the Musketeers
Novel
The Man in the Iron Mask
Novel
The Count of Monte Cristo
Novel
Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds
Novel
The Return of Dogtanian
Novel
D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers
Novel
Los Tres Mosqueteros
Author
Dogtanian Special
Novel
The Three Musketeers
Novel
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
Novel
Sous le signe de Monte-Cristo
Novel
The Count of Monte Cristo
Novel
D'Artagnan's Daughter
Characters
The Return of the Musketeers
Book
Kean
Novel
The Three Musketeers
Book
The Man in the Iron Mask
Novel
Monte Cristo
Novel
The Man in the Iron Mask
Novel
The Count of Monte Cristo
Novel
Armchair Theatre
Writer
The Count of Monte Cristo
Novel
Padayottam
Original Story
The Count of Monte Cristo
Author
Queen Margot
Novel
Black Magic
Novel
Фаворский
Characters
The Return of Musketeers or the Treasure of Cardinal Mazarini
Characters
The Fifth Musketeer
Novel
Les Compagnons de Jéhu
Novel
The Fighting Musketeers
Novel
Joseph Balsamo
Novel
The Four Charlots Musketeers 2
Novel
The Son of Monte Cristo
Novel
Charade
Short Story
The Corsican Brothers
Novel
The Three Musketeers
Novel
La Dame de Monsoreau
Novel
Queen Margot
Novel
The Three Must-Get-Theres
Novel
The Iron Mask
Novel
The Corsican Brothers
Novel
The Three Musketeers
Story
Monte Cristo
Novel
The Fourth Musketeer
Novel
Mask of the Avenger
Novel
Musketeers Twenty Years Later
Novel
The Three Musketeers
Novel
The Count of Monte Cristo
Novel
The Three Musketeers
Novel
The Erotic Adventures of the Three Musketeers
Novel
D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers
Novel
The Prisoner of If Castle
Novel
The Corsican Brothers
Novel
The Four Charlots Musketeers
Novel
Emma Hamilton
Novel
The Tower of Nesle
Theatre Play
The Tower of Nesle
Novel
The Iron Mask
Novel
La Dame de Monsoreau
Novel
The Three Musketeers
Novel
The Wife of Monte Cristo
Novel
Tower of Screaming Virgins
Novel
The Three Musketeers
Novel
Kean
Theatre Play
The King's Musketeers
Characters
The Black Tulip
Novel
D'Artagnan
Novel
The Countess of Monsoreau
Novel
Vengeance of the Three Musketeers
Novel
The Three Musketeers
Novel
The Three Musketeers
Novel
The Lady of the Camelias
Novel
Blades of the Musketeers
Novel
The Amazing Adventures of the Musketeers
Characters
Twenty Years Later
Author
The Corsican Brothers
Novel
The Three Musketeers
Novel
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
Theatre Play
The Man in the Iron Mask
Novel
I tre moschettieri
Novel
Zorro and the Three Musketeers
Characters
Mad Love
Story
The Count of Monte Cristo Part 2 - The Retaliation
Novel
The Dog in Boots
Characters
Very Important Person
Novel
La tour de Nesle
Theatre Play
The Count of Bragelonne
Novel
The Count of Monte Cristo
Novel
The Triumph of Robin Hood
Novel
Kean
Theatre Play
The Black Tulip
Novel
The Three Musketeers
Novel
The Three Musketeers
Novel
The Invincible
Novel
Monte Cristo
Novel
All for One
Original Story
El conde de Maravillas
Novel
The Three Musketeers
Novel
Le educande di Saint-Cyr
Theatre Play
The Black Tulip
Novel
Island Consultant
Original Story
The Count of Monte Cristo
Novel
The Count of Monte Cristo Part 1 - The Prisoner of Kastell
Novel
The Three Musketeers, or Twenty Years Later
Author
La loca historia de los tres mosqueteros
Novel
Todos Por Um
Novel
The Fighting Guardsman
Novel
Young Blades
Novel
Prisoner of the Iron Mask
Novel
A Modern Monte Cristo
Novel
The Three Musketeers
Novel
Three Heroes
Characters
Knights of the Queen
Novel
Queen's Necklace
Novel
Madame du Barry
Novel
Milady and the Musketeers
Novel
The Count of Monte Cristo
Novel
Soul of Steel
Story
The Return of Musketeers or the Treasure of Cardinal Mazarini
Characters
Prince of Cunningness
Novel
Dogtanian: One for All and All for One
Novel
El conde de Montecristo
Novel
Lady in the Iron Mask
Novel
The Corsican Brothers
Story
The Black Tulip Festival
Novel
The Sword of Monte Cristo
Story
Tower of Lust
Theatre Play
Corsican Brothers
Novel
Luisa Sanfelice
Novel
Prince of Revenge
Novel
Where Is My Father?
Story
The Three Musketeers
Novel
Üç Korkusuz Arkadaş
Novel
The Secret of Queen Anna or Musketeers 30 Years Later
Novel
Robin Hood, l'invincibile arciere
Novel
The Queen's Necklace
Novel
The Man in the Iron Mask
Novel
L'Homme Au Masque de Fer
Original Story
The Count of Monte Cristo
Novel
Kean - Roi de théâtre
Theatre Play
The Three Musketeers: Saving the Crown
Novel
La Dama de las Camelias
Novel
The Lady of Monsoreau
Novel
El hombre de la máscara de hierro
Story
The Corsican Brothers
Novel
The Three Musketeers
Novel
Die Königsloge
Theatre Play
The Count of Monte Cristo
Novel
The Three Musketeers
Novel
The Circle of Revenge
Novel
The Three Musketeers
Novel
A Stage Romance
Theatre Play
The Count of Monte Cristo
Author
The Three Musketeers: Pilot Episode - The Man in the Iron Mask
Original Concept
The King's Musketeers
Novel