Victor Hugo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Victor Hugo

French poet, novelist, and dramatist

Date of Birth: 26-Feb-1802

Place of Birth: birthhouse of Victor Hugo, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Date of Death: 22-May-1885

Profession: writer, poet, politician, playwright, illustrator, travel writer, novelist, librettist, memoirist, essayist, drawer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Victor Hugo

  • Victor Marie Hugo (French: [vikt?? ma?i ygo] (listen); 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement.
  • Hugo is considered to be one of the greatest and best-known French writers.
  • Outside France, his most famous works are the novels Les Misérables, 1862, and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (French: Notre-Dame de Paris), 1831.
  • In France, Hugo is known primarily for his poetry collections, such as Les Contemplations (The Contemplations) and La Légende des siècles (The Legend of the Ages). Hugo was at the forefront of the Romantic literary movement with his play Cromwell and drama Hernani.
  • Many of his works have inspired music, both during his lifetime and after his death, including the musicals Les Misérables and Notre-Dame de Paris.
  • He produced more than 4,000 drawings in his lifetime, and campaigned for social causes such as the abolition of capital punishment. Though a committed royalist when he was young, Hugo's views changed as the decades passed, and he became a passionate supporter of republicanism; his work touches upon most of the political and social issues and the artistic trends of his time.
  • He is buried in the Panthéon in Paris.
  • His legacy has been honoured in many ways, including his portrait being placed on French currency.

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