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May 2, 2024 · Gaston Leroux (born May 6, 1868, Paris, Fr.—died April 15/16, 1927, Nice) was a French novelist, best known for his Le Fantôme de l’opéra (1910; The Phantom of the Opera ), which later became famous in various film and stage renditions. After leaving school, Leroux worked as a clerk in a law office and, in his free time, began writing ...
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Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux (6 May 1868 – 15 April 1927) was a French journalist and author of detective fiction. In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel The Phantom of the Opera ( French : Le Fantôme de l'Opéra , 1909), which has been made into several film and stage productions of the same name, notably the ...
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Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux (6 May 1868 – 15 April 1927) was a French journalist and author of detective fiction [1†]. Born in Paris, Leroux is best known for his novel “Le Fantôme de l’opéra” (1910; The Phantom of the Opera), which later became famous in various film and stage renditions [1†] [2†] [1†].
Mini Bio. A native of Paris, France, a poet, journalist and novelist, Gaston Leroux is known for his many creative horror stories, including "Rouilable", "The Haunted Chair" and "The Wax Mask", but is probably best known for his work "The Phantom of the Opera", which became Leroux's prize possession. He wrote the novel in 1908 about a ...
- May 6, 1868
- April 15, 1927
1868 – 1889 SON ENFANCE ET SON ADOLESCENCE. Gaston Leroux Enfant. Le 6 mai 1868, Gaston, Louis, Alfred LEROUX naît au 66, rue du Faubourg-Saint-Martin à Paris. Ses parents, Dominique, Alfred Leroux, entrepreneur de travaux publics, et Marie Bidault, fille d’un huissier de Fécamp, se marièrent peu après sa naissance, le 13 juin 1968.
The Phantom of the Opera (French: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra) is a novel by French author Gaston Leroux. It was first published as a serial in Le Gaulois from 23 September 1909 to 8 January 1910, and was released in volume form in late March 1910 by Pierre Lafitte.
Gaston Leroux, a lawyer, journalist, and writer of fiction, was born in Paris on May 6, 1868, two years before the formation of the Third Republic. He was the son of a building contractor....
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