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Victor Hugo
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26 February 1802 - 22 May 1885
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The genius of French romanticism Victor Marie Hugo was born on February 26, 1802 in Besançon. His father was a general of Napoleon’s army, and his mother was a Royal Voltairean. Hugo spent his childhood in Corsica, Marseille, where his father served. This served as a kind of fuel for the romantic mood of the future writer. In 1813, Victor Hugo's mother separated from her husband and left for Paris with her son.
From 1814 to 1818, Hugo studied at the Lyceum “Louis the Great”. Hugo began writing
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The genius of French romanticism Victor Marie Hugo was born on February 26, 1802 in Besançon. His father was a general of Napoleon’s army, and his mother was a Royal Voltairean. Hugo spent his childhood in Corsica, Marseille, where his father served. This served as a kind of fuel for the romantic mood of the future writer. In 1813, Victor Hugo's mother separated from her husband and left for Paris with her son.
From 1814 to 1818, Hugo studied at the Lyceum “Louis the Great”. Hugo began writing his first works when he was 14 years old. A year later, his work received an honorary review at the Academy competition for a poem. From 1819 to 1821, Victor Marie Gbgo worked in the magazine Le Conservateur, where he writes under various pseudonyms.
In 1823, Hugo’s debut novel Gan Icelander was published, which did not receive much public recognition. His critic was Charles Nodier, with whom Hugo later became friends. In 1827, the play Cromwell was published, which is accompanied by heated debates and outrages. This work by Victor Hugo marked the beginning of romantic drama. In 1829, a short novel “The Last Day of the Sentenced to Death” was published, and in 1830 – “Claude Ge”.
From 1830 to 1843, Victor Hugo wrote mainly for the theater. Nevertheless, the writer publishes several poetry collections, among which are "Autumn Leaves", "Rays and Shadows", "Songs of Twilight" and others. In 1830, the writer creates a scandalous play "Hernani", which does not find its place either among the old or among the new representatives of art.
In 1931, one of the most significant works of Victor Hugo, Notre Dame de Paris, was published, which was extremely popular in Europe and was translated into many other languages. In 1834 he published a book on social injustice, Les Miserables. In the 60s, the work “The Man Who Laughs” was published.
In 1885, Victor Marie Hugo died.
From 1822 he was married to Adele Fouchet, with whom Hugo had five children (Leopold, Leopoldine, Charles, François-Victor and Adele). It is interesting that Victor Hugo was almost deaf.