Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo, was a French Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, human rights activist and politician, best known for the novels The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) and Les Misérables (1862). In France he is also renowned for poetry collections such as Les Contemplations, and he stood at the forefront of the Romantic literary movement with works including the play Cromwell and the drama Hernani; his writing has inspired works such as the musicals Les Misérables and Notre-Dame de Paris. Though a committed royalist in his youth, he became a passionate republican who served as both deputy and senator, campaigned against capital punishment and slavery, and was given a state funeral attended by over two million people upon his death in 1885.
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26 February 1802 - 22 May 1885
- Article categories: Category:19th-century French male dramatists and playwrights
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was a French Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, human rights activist and politician.
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Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo (French: [viktɔʁ maʁi yɡo] ; 26 February 1802-22 May 1885) was a French Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, human rights activist and politician. His most famous works are the novels The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) and Les Misérables (1862).
Award: Officer of the Legion of Honour
Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo (French: [viktɔʁ maʁi yɡo] ; 26 February 1802-22 May 1885) was a French Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, human rights activist and politician. His most famous works are the novels The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) and Les Misérables (1862).
Award: Knight of the Legion of Honour
Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo (French: [viktɔʁ maʁi yɡo] ; 26 February 1802-22 May 1885) was a French Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, human rights activist and politician. His most famous works are the novels The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) and Les Misérables (1862).
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Les Miserables...is a French epic historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published on 31 March 1862.
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Wikipedia)
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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (French: Notre-Dame de Paris...) is a French Gothic novel by Victor Hugo, published in 1831.
Wikipedia (French): Georges Brassens
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Conscient de ses lacunes en matière de poésie, il apprend la versification et lit Villon, Baudelaire, Verlaine, Hugo et tant d’autres.
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