Victor Hugo is French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician.

How did Victor Hugo die?

Victor Hugo passed away in 1885 (pneumonia).

Victor Hugo

Q: What is Victor Hugo known for?

Victor Hugo is primarily known as a(n) art historian, graphic artist, essayist, illustrator, politician, writer, draftsperson, author, opinion journalist, travel writer, playwright, member of parliament, novelist, poet, memoirist, librettist.

French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician

Born:February 26, 1802

Died:May 22, 1885

Age at death:83

Manner of death:Natural Causes

Cause of death:Pneumonia

Zodiac Sign:Pisces

Born in:Besançon, France

Residence:Hauteville House, Guernsey

Buried in:France

Languages:French

Art Historian Graphic Artist Essayist Illustrator Politician Writer Draftsperson Author Opinion Journalist Travel Writer Playwright Member Of Parliament Novelist Poet Memoirist Librettist

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Famous For

Notable Work

Les MisérablesThe Hunchback of Notre DameThe Man Who LaughsNinety-ThreeToilers of the Sea

Books

Les MisérablesThe Hunchback of Notre DameThe Man Who LaughsNinety-ThreeToilers of the Sea

Awards

Officer of the Legion of Honour (1837)Knight of the Legion of Honour (1825)

Victor Hugo

French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician

Biography

Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo (French: [viktɔʁ maʁi yɡo] ; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, human rights activist and politician. His most famous works are the novels The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) and Les Misérables (1862). In France, Hugo is renowned for his poetry collections, such as Les Contemplations and La Légende des siècles (The Legend of the Ages). Hugo was at the forefront of the Romantic literary movement with his play Cromwell and drama Hernani. His works have inspired music, both during his lifetime and after his death, including the opera Rigoletto and the musicals Les Misérables and Notre-Dame de Paris. He produced more than 4,000 drawings in his lifetime, and campaigned for social causes such as the abolition of capital punishment and slavery. Although he was a committed royalist when young, Hugo's views changed as the decades passed, and he became a passionate supporter of republicanism, serving in politics as both deputy and senator. His work touched upon most of the political and social issues and the artistic trends of his time. His opposition to absolutism, and his literary stature, established him as a national hero. Hugo died on 22 May 1885, aged 83. He was given a state funeral in the Panthéon of Paris, which was attended by over two million people, the largest in French history.

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Quotes

“Written at the age of 15 in one of his notebooks (c. 1817), as quoted in The Literary Movement in France During the Nineteenth Century (1897) by Georges Pellissier”

“These two halves of God, the Pope and the emperor.”

“Dieu s'est fait homme; soit. Le diable s'est fait femme!”

— God became a man, granted. The devil became a woman.

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Photos

Portrait photograph of Victor Hugo published in the widely distributed serial publication entitled Galerie contemporaine, littéraire, artistique. Issued in parts from 1876 to 1884 by the firm of Goupil & Cie, the series contained 241 portraits of leading figures from the worlds of art, literature, music, science, and politics by a host of Parisian photographers. The illustrations were printed as woodburytypes–a photomechanical process that reproduced the continuous tones of photography but did so with pigmented gelatin molded to a varying thickness. The speed and economy with which woodburytypes could be printed, as well as their permanence (unlike traditional photographic processes that were subject to fading), made them a highly practical substitute for albumen silver prints in book publication or other situations where mass production was desirable.

Title : [Français(es) illustres] Victor Hugo. La nouvelle Europe se fera dont seront exclues l'Angleterre et la Russie [...] : [affiche] / [non identifié] Publisher : [s.n.] Publication date : 1942 Subject : Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) -- Propagande Subject : Propagande antibritannique Subject : Politique et gouvernement -- France -- 1940-1945 Subject : Histoire Subject : Politique Relationship : Notice de recueil : http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb41339045w Relationship : http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb44474458j Type : image Type : still image Type : engraving Language : french Format : 1 est. : lithographie, en coul. ; 160 x 120 cm Format : image/jpeg Format : Nombre total de vues : 1 Description : Affiche Rights : Public domain Identifier : ark:/12148/btv1b531277687 Source : Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Estampes et photographie, GRAND ROUL-ENT QB-1 (1941-1943) Provenance : Bibliothèque nationale de France Online date : 29/08/2016

« Notre-Dame de Paris » before and after the fire. A tribute to Victor Hugo and Viollet-le-Duc. Photographies Alain HAYS 2016 and 2019

Numérisation effectuée à partir d'un document original : NAF 13356, f. 19 (1) et (2). Langue : français

Numérisation effectuée à partir d'un document original : NAF 13352, f. 10r. La figure a vraisemblablement été dessinée dans un premier temps avec le profil tourné vers la gauche. Le trait d'encre à la plume ayant traversé le papier, Hugo l'a repris au verso et rempli d'encre au pinceau, cette encre traversant à son tour le papier pour assombrir le recto. Langue : français

album de photographies ayant appartenu à Charles Asplet (ca 1814-1881), épicier à Jersey et ami de la famille Hugo : Marine Terrace. Archives départementales de l'Oise

Benjamin (Benjamin Roubaud, dit) (1811-1847). Revue La Mode, 23 novembre 1839 : Vous êtes jeunes et forts et vous demandez les Invalides ! Vous voulez donc voler le pain des pauvres vieillards ?... Allez travailler grands Feignans !!..". Balzac, Honoré de (1799-1850). Hugo, Victor (1802-1885). Dumas, Alexandre (1802-1870). lithographie. 19ème siècle. Paris, Maison de Balzac.