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 …
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Biktōr Ugkō, Viktor Hi︠u︡ho, هوغو، ويقتور, and 110 others
ויקטור הוגה, Vittorio Hugo, Víktōr Ougkṓ, װיקטאר הוגא, Fīktūr Hūġū, Viqtūr Ūġū, Viktor Giġó, Viktar Yūgō, فيكتور هوجو،, וויקטאר הוגא, Victor-Marie Hugo, ቢ̄ክተር ሁጎ, Hsiao-o, .. Hugo, Vikʻtʻor Hiwkō, Vikṭar Hyūkō, Viktors Igo, V. Gjugo, Viktor Ounkō, Viktor Gjugo, Yuguo, .. Yuguo, Βίκτωρ Οὑγκώ, ユーゴー, Fiktur Hīğū, هوگو، ويكتور, Fīktūr Hūkū, Viktor Hygo, هوجو، ڤكتور, Yu guo, Vìktor Gûgo, ויקטור הוגא, هيجو، فيكتور،, Viktar Yugo, Viktor Marie Hugo, Viktor-Mari Gûgo, Vikṭar Hīyūkō, Victo Huygo, Viktor I︠U︡go, Viḳtor Hüγo, هوجو، فيكتور،, Vicktor Hugo, فيكتور هوغو،, ב'יקטור הוגו, В Гюго, Βίκτωρ Ουγκώ, Віктор Гюго, Виктор Гюго, هوغو، فيكتور،, Виктор-Мари Гюго, װ הוגאָ, ايغو، ڤكتور, .. Hüγo, Vittore Hugo, V. Hi︠u︡ho, 雨果, Viktor Hugo, هوكو، ڤكتور, וקטור הוגו, 维克多 雨果, هوكو، فيكتور،, Carlo Hugo, Yugō, Vitor Hugo, Weikeduo Yuguo, Viktor Gûgo, V. Hugo, Viktor Gi︠u︡go, Viḳtur Hüγu, هيكو، فكتور, François-Victor Hugo, Viktor Giugo, Vhikṭara Hyugo, ویقتور اوغو, ויקטור הוגו, V. Gi︠u︡go, Fikṭuṛ Higu, הוגו ויקטור, Viktor Igo, Vikṭar Hiyugō, Viktor Hjuho, هيغو، فيكتور،, Wiqṭor Hugo, V. Giugo, ויקטור מרי הוגו, Victor Marie Hugo, Victor M. Hugo, Víktōr Hougkṓ, Viktor Hiwgō, هيجو، ڤكتور, ב'יקטור אוגו, Viktor Hyowgo, ビクトル ユウゴオ, W. Hugo, Wei-kʻo-to Yü-kuo, V ユゴー, V. H, ヴィクトール ユゴー, Vik’tur Iuyiγu, V. Gûgo, Fīktūr Hījū, Wiktor Hugo, Vittor Hugo, ビクトル ユーゴー, Victor Hugo, Biktor Hougo, Yü-kuo, Vigt'or Hiwko, Victor Marie Comte Hugo, ヴィクトル ユゴー - 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.
