Victor Marie Hugo was born in Besançon in the eastern region of Franche-Comté, on 26 February 1802. He was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. Hugo is considered to be one of the greatest and best-known French writers. Outside of France, his most famous works are the novels Les Misérables, 1862, and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (French: Notre-Dame de Paris), 1831.
Hugo died in Paris from pneumonia on 22 May 1885, at the age of 83.
Hugo died in Paris from pneumonia on 22 May 1885, at the age of 83.
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| Victor Hugo (1802-1885) |
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| Les Miserables (1862) |
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| The Man who Laughs (1863) |
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| The Last Day of a Condemned Man (1829) |