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Alexandre Dumas, known as Dumas père, was a French writer born on 24 July 1802 in Villers-Cotterêts and died on 5 December 1870 in Puys, near Dieppe. He first made his name in the theatre with Henri III and His Court (1829), a landmark of Romantic drama, before turning to serialised historical novels. Often working with his collaborator Auguste Maquet, he wrote The Three Musketeers and its sequels, The Count of Monte Cristo, Queen Margot and The Lady of Monsoreau, as well as travel writing and memoirs. His remains were moved to the Panthéon in Paris in 2002.
Alexandre Dumas, known as Dumas père, was a French writer born on 24 July 1802 in Villers-Cotterêts and died on 5 December 1870 in Puys, near Dieppe. He first made his name in the theatre with Henri III and His Court (1829), a landmark of Romantic drama, before turning to serialised historical novels. Often working with his collaborator Auguste Maquet, he wrote The Three Musketeers and its sequels, The Count of Monte Cristo, Queen Margot and The Lady of Monsoreau, as well as travel writing and memoirs. His remains were moved to the Panthéon in Paris in 2002.