Author
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
Their life
Victor-Marie Hugo, known as Victor Hugo, was a French writer who lived from 1802 to 1885. He worked as a poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, and journalist, and he also took part in politics. He was a leading figure of the Romantic movement, with his play *Cromwell* and his drama *Hernani* among his early influential works.
His best-known novels are *The Hunchback of Notre-Dame* (1831) and *Les Misérables* (1862). In France he is also widely read for poetry collections such as *Les Contemplations* and *La Légende des siècles*. His stories and plays inspired operas and musicals, both during his lifetime and after his death. He also made more than 4,000 drawings and spoke out for social causes, including ending capital punishment and slavery.
Hugo began as a committed royalist, but his views shifted over the decades toward republicanism. He served in government as both a deputy and a senator. His opposition to absolute rule and his literary reputation made him a national hero. When he died in 1885 at the age of 83, he received a state funeral in Paris's Panthéon, which over two million people attended.
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