Since his family was poor, he worked day and night to earn money by writing literary works and making a living in this way.
French writer. He was born in Besançon in 1802. He was brought up as irreligious by his parents who did not believe in any religion. In his childhood, the violent conflicts between his mother and father affected Hugo a lot. He was very interested in literature. He trained himself in this regard. Since his family was poor, he worked day and night to earn money by writing literary works and making a living in this way. At the age of twenty, he wrote his first work, Odes et Poésies Diverses (Odes and Various Poems). King of France, Louis the Eighteenth, paid him a salary of one thousand francs.
Victor-Marie Hugo (26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic writer and politician. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote in a variety of genres and forms. He is considered to be one of the greatest French writers of all time.
After that, he wrote books constantly.
He set to work to prove that he was France's greatest lyric poet. The plays Lesfeuilles d'Automne (Autumn Leaves), Les Chants du Crépuscule (Songs of the Dawn)- Les Voix Intérieures (Voices from the Heart), Les Rayons et les Ombres (Rays and Shadows) were staged and provided a large income for him.
His novels were also widely popular.
He was elected a member of the academy in 1841, as a result of his works and published works such as Notre Dame de Paris (The Hunchback of Notre Dame), and Claude Gueux (Poor Claude). While he was an anti-bourgeois enemy, he was tempted to become a statesman. He was not leaving the palace. Louis Philippe even appointed Hugo a member of the Supreme Council in 1845. He was studying to become the king's mentor. Around this time, he began to write his famous work Les Misérables. But he knew that this would not be pleasing to the royal circles.
The events that took place in France in 1848-1851 were a great shock to him. But he soon became a deputy in the Constituent Assembly, and then in the Legislative Assembly. At that time he founded L'evénement Newspaper.
The power of writing changed in Hugo, who was taken to the exile list and exiled in 1852. There is a fundamental difference between his works before and after his exile. Hugo, who was a talented writer and poet who won awards at first, is an artist who mixes life with his works, not for entertainment, and reflects life in his works. In exile, he wrote many works, such as Les Châtiments (The Penalties), Les Contemplations (The Diving), Les Travilleurs de la Mer (The Workers of the Sea), and Homme Quit Rit (The Man Who Laughs). His style gained new strength. Although his sentence ended in 1859, he preferred to remain in exile.
In 1878, Hugo had a mild stroke. This disease broke his strength. For 6 years he did nothing. However, his works such as L'année Terrible (The Terrible Year), L'art Q'etre Grandpére" (The Art of Being a Grandfather), Les Quatres Vents de l'Esprit (The Four Primary Sources of Thought) were published.
Victor Hugo's works Le Tpeeatre en Libetree (Theatre in Freedom), "Les Années Funestes" (The Bad Years), and Tas de Pierre (The Pile of Stones) are also famous.
Before Victor Hugo died in 1885; “I don't want the preaching of any church, I want the heartfelt prayers of all people." He rejected his former disbelief by saying his last words "I believe in God".