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(1802-1885)
Who Was Victor Hugo?
Victor Hugo was a French poet and novelist who, after training as a lawyer, embarked on the literary career. He became one of the most important French Romantic poets, novelists and dramatists of his time, having assembled a massive body of work while living in Paris, Brussels and the Channel Islands.
Hugo died on May 22, 1885, in Paris.
Early Life
Victor-Marie Hugo was born in Besançon, France, on February 26, 1802, to mother Sophie Trébuche and father Joseph-Léopold-Sigisbert Hugo. His father was a military officer who later served as a general under Napoleon.
'The Hunchback of Notre Dame'
Hugo studied law between 1815 and 1818, though he never committed himself to legal practice.
Encouraged by his mother, Hugo embarked on a career in literature.
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He founded the Conservateur Litteraire, a journal in which he published his own poetry and the work of his friends. His mother died in 1821. The same year, Hugo married Adèle Fouch
