Victor-Marie Hugo was a French poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights activist and exponent of the Romantic movement in France.
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, and Hugo is sometimes identified as the greatest French poet. Outside France, his best-known works are the novels Les Misérables and Notre-Dame de Paris (known in English also as The Hunchback of Notre-Dame).
Though a committed conservative royalist when he was young, Hugo grew more liberal as the decades passed; he became a passionate supporter of republicanism, and his work touches upon most of the political and social issues and artistic trends of his time. He is buried in the Panthéon.
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Victor Hugo
×CloseFrench novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
Born | 26 February 1802 |
Died | 22 May 1885 |
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Victor Hugo
×CloseFrench novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
Born | 26 February 1802 |
Died | 22 May 1885 |
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History, Fiction, Drama, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Criticism and interpretation, Fiction, historical, general, France, fiction, French Authors, Histoire, Notre-Dame de Paris (Cathedral), Translations into English, Biography, French poetry, Javert, inspector (fictitious character), fiction, Poésie française, Romans, nouvelles, Capital punishment, Description and travel, Description et voyages, French language materials, Hugo, victor, 1802-1885, People with disabilities, Prisons, Étude et enseignement, AdaptationsPlaces
France, Paris (France), Paris, Haiti, Fleuve Rhin, Rhine River Valley, Vallée du Rhin, Italy, Belgique, Belgium, Carthage, Milan, Naples, Padoue, St-Antoine de Padoue, Stratford-upon-Avon (England), fa guoPeople
Victor Hugo (1802-1885), Napoleon III Emperor of the French (1808-1873), William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Mary I Queen of England (1516-1558), Armand Jean du Plessis Richelieu duc de (1585-1642), Lucrezia Borgia (1480-1519), Mary Queen, consort of Louis XII, King of France (1496-1533), Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), Adèle Foucher (1806-1868), Adèle Hugo (1806-1868), Juliette Drouet (1806-1883), Marion Delorme (1612-1650), Marion Delorme (1613-1650), Voltaire (1694-1778), Alonso, Amy Robsart Dudley Lady (1532?-1560), Anafesto Galeofa, Angelo Malipieri, Antonio, Ariel, Caliban, Catarina Bragadini, Ceres, Charles Nodier (1780-1844), Ernest F. Langley (1874-1954)Time
19th century, Louis XI, 1461-1483, To 1515, 1789-1900, Coup d'état, 1851, 19e siècle, Revolution, 1791-1804, Revolution, 1789-1799, Second Republic, 1848-1852, 1461-1483 (Louis XI), 1789-1799 (Révolution), Jusqu'à 1515, Medieval period, 987-1515, 1492-1559, 1549, 1830-1848, 1848-1852, 1848-1852 (2e République), 1852-1870, 1870-1940, 18e siècle, 19e sie cle, Early modern, 1500-1700, Reign of Terror, 1793-1794, Siege, 1870-1871ID Numbers
- OLID: OL107571A
- ISNI: 0000000121200982
- VIAF: 9847974
- Wikidata: Q535
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q535
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