Alexandre Dumas
Writing
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
Writing208
movieL'Homme Au Masque de Fer
2025
Original Story
movieAll for One
2025
Original Story
tvMontecristo
2023
Novel
movieKean
2020
Theatre Play
movieThe King's Musketeers
2018
Characters
tvThe Musketeers
2014
Novel
movieThree Heroes
2013
Characters
tvThe Three Musketeers
2009
Original Story
tvМонтекристо
2008
Characters
tvMontecristo
2006
Novel
tvФаворский
2005
Characters
tvGankutsuou
2004
Novel
movieLuisa Sanfelice
2004
Writer
tvQueen Margot
1996
Novel
movieD'Artagnan's Daughter
1994
Characters
movieKean
1988
Novel
moviePadayottam
1982
Original Story
movieThe Dog in Boots
1981
Characters
Kean
1975
Theatre Play
tvJoseph Balsamo
1973
Novel
tvTheatre Macabre
1971
Short Story
tvAlta comedia
1970
Novel
tvD'Artagnan
1969
Novel
movieKean - Roi de théâtre
1968
Theatre Play
tvA Rainha Louca
1967
Original Story
Os Irmãos Corsos
1966
Original Story
movieLa tour de Nesle
1966
Theatre Play
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965
Theatre Play
movieThe Count of Monte Cristo
1964
Original Film Writer
movieZorro and the Three Musketeers
1963
Characters
movieKean: Genius or Scoundrel
1957
Theatre Play
movieIsland Consultant
1956
Original Story
tvArmchair Theatre
1956
Writer
movieTower of Lust
1955
Theatre Play
movieBlack Magic
1949
Novel
Una perrita para dos
1942
Original Story
movieLe educande di Saint-Cyr
1939
Theatre Play
movieThe Tower of Nesle
1937
Novel, Theatre Play
movieThe Black Tulip
1937
Writer
movieDie Königsloge
1929
Theatre Play
movieKean
1924
Theatre Play
Kean
1922
Theatre Play
movieA Stage Romance
1922
Screenplay
movieMad Love
1921
Story
An Amazon
Short Story
