Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo, circa 1880
Born	Victor Marie Hugo 26 February 1802 Besançon, France
Died	22 May 1885 (aged 83) Paris, France
Occupation	poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, human rights campaigner
Literary movement	Romanticism
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Victor Marie Hugo (26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, statesman and human rights activist. He played an important part in the Romantic movement in France.

Hugo first became famous in France because of his poetry, as well as his novels and his plays. Les Contemplations and La Légende des siècles are his most famous poetry collections. Outside of France, his novels Les Misérables and Notre-Dame de Paris (known in English also as The Hunchback of Notre Dame) are his most famous works.

When he was young, he was a conservative royalist. As he got older he became more liberal and supported republicanism. His work was about many of the political and social problems as well as the artistic trends of his time. He is buried in the Panthéon, in Paris.