Victor Hugo is a French romantic poet, playwright, writer, novelist and draftsman, born February 26, 1802 (7 Ventôse year X) in Besançon and died May 22, 1885 in Paris.
He is considered one of the most important writers of the French language.
He is also a political personality and a committed intellectual who had a major ideological role and occupies a prominent place in the history of French literature in the 19th century.
Son of an often absent Empire general, Victor Hugo was raised above all by his mother.
While still a student at the Lycée Louis le Grand, he made a name for himself by publishing his first collection of poems, 'Odes' and obtained, for this, a pension from Louis XVIII.
Leader of a group of young writers, in 1827 he published his first play in verse, 'Cromwell', then 'Orientales' and 'Hernani'.
He established himself as the spokesperson for romanticism alongside Gérard de Nerval and Gautier...
Victor Hugo knew the popular glory and the recognition of his peers...
He is considered one of the most important writers of the French language.
He is also a political personality and a committed intellectual who had a major ideological role and occupies a prominent place in the history of French literature in the 19th century.
Son of an often absent Empire general, Victor Hugo was raised above all by his mother.
While still a student at the Lycée Louis le Grand, he made a name for himself by publishing his first collection of poems, 'Odes' and obtained, for this, a pension from Louis XVIII.
Leader of a group of young writers, in 1827 he published his first play in verse, 'Cromwell', then 'Orientales' and 'Hernani'.
He established himself as the spokesperson for romanticism alongside Gérard de Nerval and Gautier...
Victor Hugo knew the popular glory and the recognition of his peers...
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