François-Victor Hugo (; 28 October 1828 – 26 December 1873) was the fourth of five children of French novelist

Victor Hugo Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romanticism, Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, human rights activist and politician. His most famous works are the novels ''The Hunchbac ...

and his wife Adèle Foucher. François-Victor is best known for his translations of the works of

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into French, which were published in 18 volumes between 1859 and 1866. François-Victor was politically active, helping his father publish two newspapers—"The Event" (''L'Événement'', 1848–1851) and "The Reminder" ('' Le Rappel'', 1869)—both of which were shut down for political reasons. He followed his father into exile on

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in 1852; while there, he assisted his elder brother

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, a pioneering photographer, in creating portraits of the Hugo family and others. François-Victor also published a book, "The Unknown Normandy" (''La Normandie inconnue''), in 1857. The Hugo family returned from exile in 1870, after the declaration of the

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, but François-Victor died only a few years later, from tuberculosis, aged 45. Because of Victor Hugo's antipathy to the

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, he insisted that his son be buried without a

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or the assistance of a priest.

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* 1828 births 1873 deaths Translators of William Shakespeare Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery 19th-century French translators 19th-century French novelists Hugo family {{France-translator-stub