Victor Hugo, in full Victor Marie Hugo (26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) is a French poet, novelist, and dramatist.

He is considered the most well-known French Romantic writer.

In France, Hugo's literary fame comes first from his poetry but also rests upon his novels and his dramatic achievements.

Among many volumes of poetry, Les Contemplations and La Légende des siècles stand particularly high in critical esteem.

Outside France, his best-known works are the novels Les Misérables, 1862, and Notre-Dame de Paris, 1831, (also known in English as The Hunchback of Notre-Dame).

Though a committed royalist when he wis young, Hugo's views change as the decades pass, and his work touches upon most of the political and social issues and artistic trends of his time.

He is buried in the Panthéon.