VICTOR HUGO
(1802 - 1885)
Victor Marie Hugo, French poet,novelist and dramatist. He was the son of one
of Napoleon's generals. He established himself as the leader of France's
Romantic Movement with the verse play Hernani. He was banished from France
in 1851 for opposing Louis Napoleon's coup d'etat and settled in
Guernsey,returning to France in 1870. 

Major works incl:
Notre Dame de Paris
Les Misrables
Lucrece Borgia
Quatre-Vingt-Treize