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Victor Hugo

Also known as Victor Marie Hugo, Homme océan, Ocean Man

French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)

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Victor Hugo was a French politician, playwright, novelist, and draftsperson. He was born in Besançon, France, on 26 February 1802, and died in Paris on 22 May 1885. His citizenship included France, Belgium, and the United Kingdom. He was educated at the University of Paris and Lycée Louis-le-Grand. Hugo was a member of the Académie Française and the Société des gens de lettres. He participated in the Franco-Prussian War.

His notable works include *Napoleon der Kleine*, *Drame*, *Pensées et poèmes inédits de Victor Hugo*, *Quatrevingt Treize*, and *Le télégraphe*. He was married to Adèle Foucher. His children were Adèle Hugo, Charles Hugo, François-Victor Hugo, and Léopoldine Hugo. His parents were Joseph Léopold Sigisbert Hugo and Sophie Trébuchet. He was buried in the Panthéon. His political ideology was anti-clericalism.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 26 February 1802
Died: 22 May 1885
Works: 4522

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Napoleon der Kleine
Drame
Pensées et poèmes inédits de Victor Hugo
Quatrevingt Treize
Le télégraphe

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Besançon, Doubs, France

Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo (26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, human rights activist and politician. His most famous works are the novels The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) and Les Misérables (1862). In France, Hugo is renowned for his poetry collections, such as Les Contemplations and La Légende des siècles (The Legend of…

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Authority record · VIAF

Lifespan: 1802–1885
Nationality: FR, GB, BE, FRA
Role / Field: Dramatici, Basnici, Authors french, Author, Writer, Literatura
Language: fre, fra
Gender: Male

Recorded by 44 libraries

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Marie
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: Besançon
Place of death: Paris
Spouse: Adèle Foucher
Child: Léopoldine Hugo
Father: Joseph Léopold Sigisbert Hugo
Mother: Sophie Trébuchet
Sibling: Eugène Hugo
Occupation: author
Political party: Parti de l'Ordre
Languages spoken: French
Native language: French
Award: Knight of the Legion of Honour
Notable work: Ninety-three
Noble title: viscount
Genre: polemical lampoon
Movement: French Romanticism
Conflict: Franco-Prussian War
Image: Victor Hugo by Étienne Carjat 1876 - full.jpg
Work location: Jersey
Significant event: funeral

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Political ideology: anti-clericalism
topic has template: Template:Victor Hugo
P8168: Vezels-Roussy
place of burial: Panthéon
Commons category: Victor Hugo
unmarried partner: Judith Gautier
date of death: 1885-05-22
date of birth: 1802-02-26
topic's main category: Category:Victor Hugo
Commons gallery: Victor Hugo
Commons Creator page: Victor Hugo
name in native language: Victor Hugo
archives at: Bibliothèque nationale de France
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
influenced by: John Owen
honorific suffix: Peerage of France
birth name: Victor-Marie Hugo
has works in the collection: Archives nationales
has written for: Revue des Deux Mondes
writing language: French
last words: C'est ici le combat du jour et de la nuit… Je vois de la lumière noire.
cause of death: pneumonia
ethnic group: French
manner of death: natural causes
date of burial or cremation: 1885-06-01
godparent: Victor Lahorie
P11493: Die Hard 2
start of work period: 1819-00-00
end of work period: 1883-00-00
P12674: Erich Geyer

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Victor Hugo, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Le ore estreme d'un sentenziato a morte; traduzione di Giovanni Battista Carta con note. 3. ed. (col ritratto.)

Espoir en Dieu [Música notada] :]mélodie

Adieux de l'hôtesse arabe [Música notada]

Ntra. Lady of Paris

Bug-Jargal 1791

Ntra. Lady of Paris

Emerald or Our Lady of Paris: drama in five acts, (taken from Victor Hugo’s novel)

Cromwell

Maria de England: drama in three days

Lucrezia Borgia, Maria Tudor

Vieille chanson du jeune temps [Música notada]

Nouvelle chanson [Música notada]

Political discourses (h. 1-218); Letter to Henry John Temple, Lord Palmerston, Secretary of State for the Interior of England, 11 February 1854 (h. 218-233v)

Contemplation [Música notada]

Viens! : op. 11 [Music Noted]

Je ne veux pas d'autres choses, op. 11 [Música notada]

Deux choeurs, op. 53. N. 1, Chanson de grand-père [Música notada] : choeur à 2 voix de femmes

Le crucifix [Música notada] : grand choeur

Serenata [Música notada]

Aubade [Música notada]

Espoir en Dieu! [Música notada] : romance

Chanson du fou [Music Noted]

Attente

Fée ou femme [Música notada] : valse chantée

Les alguazils [Música notada] : mélodie

Aimons toujours [Música notada] : mélodie

L'été [Música notada] : chanson

Amour!, amour! [Música notada]

Si vous n'avez rien à me dire [Música notada] : op. 14

Vieille chanson du jeune temts [sic] [Música notada]

La lyre & la harpe [Música notada]= (The lyre and the harp) : ode, op. 57

Je respire où tu palpites [Música notada]

Sara la baigneuse [Música notada] : berceuse

Sérénade [Música notada]

Viens! [Música notada]

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Encyclopedic overview

Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo ( French: [viktɔʁ maʁi yɡo] ; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, human rights activist and politician.

His most famous works are the novels The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) and Les Misérables (1862). In France, Hugo is renowned for his poetry collections, such as Les Contemplations and La Légende des siècles (The Legend of the Ages). Hugo was at the forefront of the Romantic literary movement with his play Cromwell and drama Hernani. His works have inspired music, both during his lifetime and after his death, including the opera Rigoletto and the musicals Les Misérables and Notre-Dame de Paris. He produced more than 4,000 drawings in his lifetime, and campaigned for social causes such as the abolition of capital punishment and slavery.

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