Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, Le
Dernier Jour d'un Condamné... are only a few of the
works with which he became world famous.
Victor Hugo was born in Besançon (Franche-Comté)
on February 26, 1802 as the son of Joseph Léopold Sigisbert
Hugo (1773-1828), a French general in the army of Napoleon,
and Sophie Trébuchet. He developed a love for writing
at a very young age. When he was 14 years old, he wrote in
his diary: "I want to be Chateaubriand or nothing".
Francois René de Chateaubriand was a famous French
poet and writer. Victor Hugo moulded himself into the same.
He is now known as a French poet, novelist, playwright, essayist,
visual artist, statesman, human rights campaigner, and perhaps
the most influential exponent of the Romantic movement in
France. With regard to his personal life we point out that
he married Adèle Foucher in 1822 and together they
had 5 children. Victor Hugo died on May 22, 1885 in Paris
at age 83.
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