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Victor Marie Hugo was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. Hugo is considered to be one of the greatest and best-known French writers. Outside France, his most famous works are the novels Les Misérables, 1862, and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, 1831. In France, Hugo is renowned for his poetry collections, such as Les Contemplations and La Légende des siècles.
Birth Name
Victor Marie Hugo
Born
Friday, 26 February 1802
Died
Friday, 22 May 1885