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Victor Hugo
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 m…
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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 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. Although he was a committed royalist when young, Hugo's views changed as the decades passed, and he became a passionate supporter of republicanism, serving in politics as both deputy and senator. His work touched upon most of the political and social issues and the artistic trends of his time. His opposition to absolutism, and his literary stature, established him as a national hero. Hugo died on 22 May 1885, aged 83. He was given a state funeral in the Panthéon of Paris, which was attended by over two million people, the largest in French history. ... Description above from the Wikipedia article Victor Hugo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2026
Les Misérables
Movie Book
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2025
Jean Valjean
Movie Book
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2021
Mashup
Movie Original Story
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2021
Les Heureux
Movie Original Story
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2019
Les Misérables: The Staged Concert
Movie Original Story
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2019
The Man Who Laughs: The Musical Live
Movie Original Story
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2019
Les Misérables
Movie Novel
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2018
Les Misérables
TV show Novel
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2017
Notre Dame de Paris
Movie Original Story
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2015
Lucrèce Borgia
Movie Theatre Play
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2013
La Scala Ballet: Notre-Dame de Paris
Movie Original Story
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2013
The Metropolitan Opera: Rigoletto
Movie Original Story
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2012
The Man Who Laughs
Movie Novel
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2012
Les Misérables
Movie Novel
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2012
San Francisco Opera: Verdi's Rigoletto
Movie Original Concept
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2012
Verdi: Ernani
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2011
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Movie Novel
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2011
Bolshoi Theatre: ballet Esmeralda
Movie Original Story
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2010
Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert
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2010
Rigoletto
Movie Original Story
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2009
Angelo, tyran de Padoue
Movie Original Story
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2008
Verdi: Rigoletto (Teatro Regio di Parma)
Movie Original Story
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2008
Rigoletto - Semperoper Dresden
Movie Original Story
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2007
Les Misérables: Little Girl Cosette
TV show Novel
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2006
Rigoletto
Movie Original Story
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2005
Verdi: Ernani
Movie Original Story
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2002
Ruy Blas
Movie Novel
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2002
Notre Dame de Paris - Live Arena di Verona
Movie Novel
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2002
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II
Movie Novel
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2001
Rigoletto
Movie Original Story
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2000
Les Misérables
TV show Novel
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1999
Quasimodo d'el Paris
Movie Novel
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1998
Notre-Dame de Paris
Movie Novel
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1998
Les Misérables
Movie Novel
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1997
Les Misérables: In Concert at Hylands Park
Movie Novel
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1997
The Hunchback
Movie Novel
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1996
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Movie Novel
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1996
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Movie Novel
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1996
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Movie Novel
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1996
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Movie Novel
