Dumas, Alexandre (1802-1870)

A French writer. He started of by writing plays for the theatre. The staging of his play Henry III and his Court (1829) brought him to public awareness. This success continued throughout the whole of his literary career in the genres of his choice: drama, the historical novel, and sagas: this prolific author put his hand to great works such as The Three Musketeers (1844) and The Count of Monte Cristo (1845-1846)

His son, also given the first name of Alexandre (1824-1895), was also a writer, the author in particular of The Lady of the Camellias (1848).