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Victor Hugo (1802-1885) was born in Besançon, France on February 26, 1802. Originally on track to become a lawyer, he instead became France's revered Romantic poet, novelist, and dramatist. He is the author of The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Les... Google Books
Born: February 26, 1802, Besançon, France
Died: May 22, 1885 (age 83 years), Paris, France
Influenced by: Voltaire, William Shakespeare, Alphonse de Lamartine, and more
Children: Léopoldine Hugo, Adèle Hugo, Léopold Hugo, and more
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Artworks: Lace and Ghosts, Silhouette fantastique, The Mouth of Darkness, and more
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Hugo was born in 1802, in Besançon, France. His father, Leopold, a soldier in the Revolution of 1789, attained the rank of general in the army of Joseph ...
As a poetic technician, Hugo is a great innovator. He is one of the first to move away from the classical tradition of the Alexandrine couplet (which, ...
Victor Hugo (1802-1885). Victor (Marie) Hugo, one of France's most prolific nineteenth-century authors, wrote novels, poems, and dramatic works.