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When and where was Victor Hugo born?

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Victor Hugo — Victor Hugo French poet, novelist, and dramatist Victor Hugo, photograph by Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon). Hugo's best-loved works are the novels Notre-Dame de Paris (1831; The Hunchback of Notre-Dame) and Les Misérables (1862).

Victor Hugo was born on February 26, 1802, in Besançon, France.1