a French author and playwright, best known for the romantic novel La Dame aux Camélias, published in 1848, which was adapted into Giuseppe Verdi's 1853 opera La traviata
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Born
Alexandre Dumas 27 July 1824 Paris, France
Died
27 November 1895 (aged 71) Marly-le-Roi, Yvelines, France
Occupation
Writer, novelist, playwright
adultbasic
France
Children
2, including Colette Dumas
era
1800+
Genre
Historical novel, romantic novel
Notable awards
Légion d'honneur (1894)
Parents
Alexandre Dumas Marie-Laure-Catherine Labay
Period
Romanticism
Relatives
Alexandre Lippmann (grandson) Thomas-Alexandre Dumas (grandfather)
Resting place
Montmartre Cemetery
Spouse
Nadezhda von Knorring ( m. 1864; died 1895) Henriette Régnier de La Brière ( m. 1895)