Hugo, Victor-Marie
(1802–1885)
Hugo, Victor-MarieHugo, Victor-MarieVictor-Marie Hugo (B * BESANÇON, 1802 – D † PARIS, 1885) A co-lossal figure of French literature. His own statement that »a poet is a world enclosed within a man« begins to describe the vastness of his efforts and his production in literary, philosophical, and political realms. He wrote poetry, plays, novels, political treatises, voluminous correspondence, and he held political offices. He decided very early in life that he would be a writer, winning poetry…