Gaston Leroux
1868 – 1927 · aged 59
French author and journalist (1868–1927)
- Born
- 6 May 1868 · rue du Faubourg-Saint-Martin
- Died
- 15 Apr 1927 · Boulevard Gambetta
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- 6 May 1868BornBorn in rue du Faubourg-Saint-Martin
- 1902AwardKnight of the Legion of Honour
- 15 Apr 1927DiedDied in Boulevard Gambetta
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Major world events during their lifetime (1868 – 1927).
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
- 18961896 Summer Olympics
- 1898Spanish–American War
- 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
- 1914 – 1918World War I
- 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
- 1917Balfour Declaration
- 1917February Revolution
- 1917October Revolution
- 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
- 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
- 1920Treaty of Versailles
Biography
Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux (French: [ɡastɔ̃ lwi alfʁɛd ləʁu]; 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, 1910), which has been made into several film and stage productions of the same name, notably the 1925 film starring Lon Chaney and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical. His 1908 novel The Mystery of the Yellow Room is one of the most celebrated locked room mysteries.
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