Noticias ALEJANDRO Posted May 22, 2024 Posted May 22, 2024 The writer Victor Hugo, considered one of the most outstanding writers of universal literature, died at the age of 83 in the city of Paris on May 22, 1885. Born in the French city of Besançon on February 26, 1802, in addition to being a lyric poet, novelist and playwright, he was an influential politician and intellectual in 19th century France. Beyond his extensive literary work, Victor Marie Hugo offered political speeches in the House of Peers, the French Assemblies on such revolutionary topics as women's rights, education, and other controversial topics such as the death penalty. He was the brother of the writers Eugene Hugo and Abel Hugo. Regarding his literature, the renowned writer addressed several genres and dissimilar themes whose validity and historical value is incalculable. His work Les Misérables, for example, has been made into a film on several occasions, the most important adaptations, the one from 1998 (director Bille August) and the one from 2012 (director Tom Hooper) are two of the most recognized, bringing together actors from the likes of Liam Neeson, Geoffrey Rush, Uma Thurman, Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway, among others. We suggest you get closer to the work of the French genius through six of his most important creations. Hernani (1830) Hernani was a five-act dramatic work written by Victor Hugo, which premiered at the Théâtre Français (known as The French Comedy) in February 1830. Framed in French romanticism, the text tells the story of the bandit Hernani and his beloved. Doña Sol, who was engaged to an Aragonese duke and, in turn, to the monarch Carlos I of Spain. Click
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