Victor hugo biography yahoo kids

Victor Marie Hugo (26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a Frenchpoet, playwright, novelist, statesman and human rightsactivist. 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.

Victor hugo biography yahoo kids

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 artistictrends of his time. He is buried in the Panthéon, in Paris.

Life

Victor Hugo was the son of Joseph Léopold Sigisbert Hugo (1773–1828) and Sophie Trébuchet (1772-1821).

He had two older brothers called Abel Joseph Hugo (1798–185