Victor Hugo — L'homme et l'œuvre
Victor Hugo est sans doute l'écrivain français le plus connu dans le monde.
Victor Hugo is without doubt the most well-known French writer in the world.
Né en 1802, il a traversé presque tout le XIXe siècle.
Born in 1802, he lived through almost the entire nineteenth century.
Romancier, poète et dramaturge, il a excellé dans tous les genres littéraires.
A novelist, poet and playwright, he excelled in every literary genre.
Les Misérables et Notre-Dame de Paris restent ses œuvres les plus lues.
Les Misérables and Notre-Dame de Paris remain his most widely read works.
Engagé politiquement, il a défendu les pauvres et combattu l'injustice toute sa vie.
Politically committed, he defended the poor and fought injustice throughout his life.
sans doutewithout doubt, probably
a traversélived through, crossed
un dramaturgea playwright
a excellé dansexcelled in
les plus luesthe most widely read
engagécommitted, politically engaged