Victor Hugo is a French poet, playwright, writer, novelist and romantic designer, born February 26, 1802 (7 Ventôse Year X) in Besançon and died May 22, 1885 in Paris.He is considered one of the most important writers in the French language.He is also a political figure and a committed intellectual who had a major ideological role and occupies a significant place in the history of French letters in the 19th century.Son of an often absent Empire general, Victor Hugo was raised mainly by his mother.While he was still a student at the Lycée Louis le Grand, he made himself known by publishing his first collection of poems, Odes and obtained, for it, a pension from Louis XVIII.Leader of a group of young writers, in 1827 he published his first play in verse, Cromwell, then Orientales and Hernani.He established himself as the spokesperson for romanticism alongside Gérard de Nerval and Gautier...Victor Hugo experienced popular glory and the recognition of his peers...(Audio Book)
Victor Hugo : Citations
