Interesting facts about Dumas Is a great opportunity to learn about outstanding French writers. Over the years of his life, he wrote many great works, the popularity of which continues today. Hundreds of films and television series have been shot based on the classic books.
So, here are the most interesting facts about Alexandre Dumas.
- Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) - writer, novelist, playwright, prose writer and journalist.
- Dumas' grandmother and father were black slaves. The writer's grandfather ransomed his father from slavery, giving him freedom.
- Due to the fact that the son of Dumas also bore the name Alexander and was also a writer, to prevent confusion when referring to Dumas the elder, a clarification is often added - "-father".
- During his stay in Russia (see interesting facts about Russia), 52-year-old Dumas was awarded the title of honorary Cossack.
- It is curious that Dumas the father wrote 19 works in Russian!
- Dumas translated from Russian into French more books by Pushkin, Nekrasov and Lermontov than all his contemporaries.
- A huge number of historical novels were published under the name of Alexandre Dumas, in the creation of which literary day laborers participated - people who wrote texts for a fee for another writer, politician or artist.
- An interesting fact is that the works of Dumas take the 1st place in the world among all works of art in terms of the number of printed copies. The number of books goes to hundreds of millions.
- Alexandre Dumas was a very gambling man. In addition, he liked to participate in heated debates, defending his point of view on a particular issue.
- The writer managed to predict the October Revolution of 1917 even 20 years before its start.
- Dumas's biographers suggest that throughout his life he had over 500 mistresses.
- The weakness of Alexandre Dumas was animals. In his house lived dogs, cats, monkeys and even a vulture, which he brought from Africa (interesting facts about Africa).
- In total, over 100,000 pages have been published by Dumas!
- Dumas the father often spent up to 15 hours a day in writing.
- Among the hobbies of Alexandre Dumas was cooking. Although he was a wealthy man, the classic often liked to cook different dishes, calling it a creative process.
- Peru Dumas owns more than 500 works.
- Dumas' two most popular books, The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers, were written by him in the period 1844-1845.
- Dumas' son, also called Alexander, followed in his father's footsteps. It was he who wrote the famous novel The Lady of the Camellias.
