Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo, in full Victor Marie Hugo (26 February 1802 - 22 May 1885) was a
French poet, novelist, and dramatist. He is considered one of the most
well-known French Romantic 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; 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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