Simplify the following text for a Grade 11 native English-speaking person.
Original: Alexandre Dumas fils was born in Paris , France , the illegitimate child of Marie-Catherine Labay , a dressmaker , and novelist Alexandre Dumas .
Simplified: He was the son of Alexandre Dumas , pÃ re , also a writer and playwright . Dumas was born in Paris , France , the illegitimate child of Marie-Laure-Catherine Labay ( 1794-1868 ) , a dressmaker , and novelist Alexandre Dumas .