Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo (1802-1885) was a French Romantic author, poet, novelist, and dramatist, widely regarded as one of the most important writers of his era. He is best known for novels like The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) and Les Misérables (1862), which explore themes of social injustice and human struggle. A political activist and exile under Napoleon III, he received a state funeral attended by two million people.[1][2][3]