INTRODUCTION
• Victor-Marie Hugo was a French Writer and Politician.
• He is considered as one of the greatest French writers of all time.
• He was at the forefront of the Romantic Literary Movement with his plays “Cromwell” and “Hernani”.
A WALK THROUGH HIS LIFE
- He was born on February 26, 1802 in Besançon,Eastern France.
- He was the youngest son of Joseph Leopold Sigisbert Hugo and Sophie Trebuchet.
- He was an atheist and a strong supporter of the Republic Party.
- In 1817,He wrote a poem for a competition organized by the French Academy, for which He received an honorable mention.
- In 1819, He and his brothers began publishing a periodical called Le Conservateur Literature.
- His first collection of poems (Odes et poésies diverses) was published in 1822 when he was only 20 and He received a royal award from King Louis XVIII.
- His first mature fiction was published in February 1829 by Charles Gosselin without the author’s name.
- In 1827,He became the leader of the Romantic literary movement with his play Cromwell .
- He began planning a major novel about social misery and injustice as early as 1830.
- In 1841, He was elected to the French Academy.
- In 1845, He entered the Upper Chamber of Parliament as a representative of France.
- As a Politician,He spoke against the death penalty and social injustice.
- His demand of the abolition of the death penalty was internationally renowned.
- In 1848, He was elected to the National Assembly of the Second Republic as a conservative.
- In 1849,He broke with the conservatives when he delivered a remarkable speech calling for an end to misery and poverty.
- He was exiled from France for his conflict with the Conservatives.
- His exile lasted until the return of Independence and the reconstruction of the Republic in 1870.
- In 1871,He became a deputy in the National Assembly .
- He died on 22nd May ,1885.
PROFILE
NAME : Victor-Marie Hugo
DATE OF BIRTH : February 26, 1802
PLACE OF BIRTH:Besancon,France
PARENTS : Joseph Leopold Hugo , Sophie Trebuchet
OCCUPATION : Poet, Novelist, Dramatist, Essayist, Politician
DEATH: 22 May 1885
FAMOUS QUOTE’S
- One can resist the invasion of armies; one cannot resist the invasion of ideas
- A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.