Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo Victor Hugo was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist widely regarded as the most important of the Romantic writers of the 19th century. His novels Les Misérables (1862) and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) have inspired countless stage and screen adaptations and remain beloved worldwide for their humanistic themes of justice, redemption, and compassion. His political activism on behalf of social causes, republicanism, and opposition to the death penalty made him a major public figure in 19th-century France.