2017Victor Marie Hugo
26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. He is considered to be one of the greatest and best-known French writers of all time. Outside of France, his best-known works are the novels Les Misérables, 1862, and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (French: Notre-Dame de Paris), 1831. In France, Hugo is known primarily for his poetry collections, such as Les Contemplations (The Contemplations) and La Légende des siècles (The Legend of the Ages).
In office
30 January 1876 – 22 May 1885
Succeeded by Jacques Songeon
Constituency Paris
Member of the National Assembly
for Gironde
In office
9 February 1871 – 1 March 1871
Succeeded by Unknown
Constituency Bordeaux
Member of the National Assembly
for Seine
In office
24 April 1848 – 3 December 1851
Constituency Paris
Member of the Académie française
In office
7 January 1841 – 22 May 1885
Preceded by Népomucène Lemercier
Succeeded by Leconte de Lisle
Personal details
Born Victor Marie Hugo
26 February 1802
Besançon, Doubs, France
Died 22 May 1885 (aged 83)
Paris, France
Resting place Panthéon, Paris
Nationality French
Political party Party of Order (1848–51)
Independent liberal (1871)
Republican Union (1876–85)
Spouse(s) Adèle Foucher (m. 1822; her d. 1868)
Children
Léopold Victor Hugo
Léopoldine Hugo
Charles Hugo
François-Victor Hugo
Adèle Hugo
Education Lycée Louis-le-Grand
Occupation Writer, poet, journalist, drawer
Writing career
Genre Novel, dramaturgy, theatre, poetry
Literary movement Romanticism
Notable works
Hernani The Hunchback of Notre-Dame Ruy Blas Les Châtiments Les Contemplations La Légende des siècles Les Misérables Toilers of the Sea
Years active 1829–1883
