Victor-Marie Hugo (French: [viktɔʁ maʁi yɡo] (listen); 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote abundantly in an exceptional variety of genres: lyrics, satires, epics, philosophical poems, epigrams, novels, history, critical essays, political speeches, funeral orations, diaries, letters public and private, as well as dramas in verse and prose. 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 renowned 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 …
Victor Hugo
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ויקטור הוגה, Vikṭar Hīyūkō, Viktar Yūgō, and 110 others
ב'יקטור אוגו, ايغو، ڤكتور, Carlo Hugo, V. Gi︠u︡go, Biktōr Ugkō, Viktor Hi︠u︡ho, 雨果, Fīktūr Hūġū, Viktor Hjuho, В Гюго, ויקטור מרי הוגו, .. Hüγo, Victor-Marie Hugo, Fīktūr Hūkū, Yugō, Viktors Igo, Vikʻtʻor Hiwkō, Vìktor Gûgo, هوجو، ڤكتور, هوغو، ويقتور, Vittor Hugo, ヴィクトル ユゴー, ויקטור הוגא, V. H, ב'יקטור הוגו, Viktor Giġó, V. Hugo, Viktor Ounkō, ユーゴー, Victor Marie Comte Hugo, هيجو، فيكتور،, فيكتور هوغو،, Vikṭar Hyūkō, Viḳtor Hüγo, Vik’tur Iuyiγu, Viktor Hiwgō, V. Gûgo, V. Giugo, Viktor Hyowgo, هوجو، فيكتور،, Vittorio Hugo, Βίκτωρ Ουγκώ, Víktōr Hougkṓ, V ユゴー, Viktor Marie Hugo, Fikṭuṛ Higu, Vhikṭara Hyugo, Fīktūr Hījū, .. Yuguo, Viktor Gjugo, Viktor Gûgo, Wei-kʻo-to Yü-kuo, هيغو، فيكتور،, Viktor Hygo, Victo Huygo, Viktor-Mari Gûgo, Fiktur Hīğū, ヴィクトール ユゴー, هوكو، فيكتور،, Víktōr Ougkṓ, هيكو، فكتور, Wiqṭor Hugo, הוגו ויקטור, וויקטאר הוגא, Βίκτωρ Οὑγκώ, וקטור הוגו, Weikeduo Yuguo, هوغو، فيكتور،, Viktor Gi︠u︡go, W. Hugo, ویقتور اوغو, Виктор-Мари Гюго, هوگو، ويكتور, Vicktor Hugo, Viqtūr Ūġū, Viḳtur Hüγu, Віктор Гюго, هوكو، ڤكتور, 维克多 雨果, .. Hugo, Wiktor Hugo, V. Gjugo, Yuguo, Виктор Гюго, ビクトル ユーゴー, Vikṭar Hiyugō, Biktor Hougo, Vitor Hugo, Victor M. Hugo, ビクトル ユウゴオ, Viktar Yugo, V. Hi︠u︡ho, Vittore Hugo, Yu guo, Viktor Igo, ויקטור הוגו, Victor Hugo, Yü-kuo, Hsiao-o, Vigt'or Hiwko, Victor Marie Hugo, ቢ̄ክተር ሁጎ, فيكتور هوجو،, Viktor Giugo, װ הוגאָ, هيجو، ڤكتور, Viktor I︠U︡go, Viktor Hugo, װיקטאר הוגא, François-Victor Hugo - Born:
- Feb. 25, 1802
- Died:
- May 21, 1885
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Victor-Marie Hugo (French: [viktɔʁ maʁi yɡo] (listen); 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote abundantly in an exceptional variety of genres: lyrics, satires, epics, philosophical poems, epigrams, novels, history, critical essays, political speeches, funeral orations, diaries, letters public and private, as well as dramas in verse and prose. 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 renowned 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 serving in politics as both deputy and senator. His work touched upon most of the political and social issues and the artistic trends of his time. His opposition to absolutism and his colossal literary achievement established him as a national hero. He was honoured by interment in the Panthéon.
