Victor Hugo » Revolutionaries « Great People. Victor Hugo26 February 1802 - 22 May 1885 Victor Hugo was a great author, poet, artist and political ideologist of the 19th century. Both through his works, which inspired and stimulated on multiple levels, and through his political actions, he helped France establish a democratic government, rather than a monarchy. However, this was not without a personal cost as he had to suffer a lengthy exile while he opposed the oppressive monarchy of Napoleon III.
Victor Hugo left the world a significant amount of literary work that we can still appreciate to this day. His Life and Political Involvement Victor Hugo was born in Besançon, France in 1802. François-René de Chateaubriand (1768-1848), painted by Anne Louis Girodet-Trioson As a consequence, Victor took classical studies in Paris although he was equally good at mathematics. Adèle Foucher In 1822, Hugo started his professional life as an author, publishing a volume of romantic poems "Ode et poésies diverses," as his first work.
Back to Top. Victor hugo. Victor Hugo. Victor Marie Hugo (French pronunciation: [viktɔʁ maʁi yɡo]; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. He is considered one of the greatest and best known French writers. In France, Hugo's literary fame comes first from his poetry but also rests upon his novels and his dramatic achievements. Among many volumes of poetry, Les Contemplations and La Légende des siècles stand particularly high in critical esteem. Outside France, his best-known works are the novels Les Misérables, 1862, and Notre-Dame de Paris, 1831 (known in English as The Hunchback of Notre-Dame). Though a committed royalist when he was young, Hugo's views changed as the decades passed, and he became a passionate supporter of republicanism;[citation needed] his work touches upon most of the political and social issues and artistic trends of his time.
He was buried in the Panthéon. Personal life[edit] Hugo's childhood was a period of national political turmoil. Alas!
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