Charles Hugo (writer)

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Photograph of Charles-Victor Hugo
Hugo c. 1854
Born3 November 1826
Paris, France
Died13 March 1871(1871-03-13) (aged 44)
Bordeaux, France
Resting placePere Lachaise
Pen nameCharles d'Auverney
Paul de la Miltière
OccupationJournalist, writer, photographer
LanguageFrench
SpouseAlice Lehaene
RelativesVictor Hugo, Adèle Foucher
1871 Engraving of Charles Hugo

Charles-Victor Hugo (4 November 1826 – 13 March 1871) was a French journalist, photographer, the second son of French novelist Victor Hugo and his wife Adèle Foucher.

Life and work[edit]

When Charles took up the fight against capital punishment in 1851 and found himself dismissed by the courts, he was jailed for 6 months for an article in L'Evénement. His father Victor Hugo gave a memorable speech in his defence on 10 June 1851.[1]

When Louis-Napoleon came into power in 1851, Charles-Victor joined his father in voluntary exile in the island of Jersey, together with August Vacquerie he photographed family and friends, intending to publish a volume titled Jersey et les îles de la Manche, with poetry and drawings by Victor-Marie, prose by Vacquerie, Charles-Victor, and his brother, François.

In 1868 he started along with his brother François-Victor the newspaper Le Rappel.

He died of a stroke while on his way to meet his father for dinner.[2]

Appalling misfortune. Charles died this evening, 13th. Sudden stroke of apoplexy

— Victor Hugo, Choses vues, 13 March 1871

References[edit]

  1. ^ Julia Kristeva (20 December 2011). The Severed Head: Capital Visions. Columbia University Press. pp. 100–. ISBN 978-0-231-53038-5.
  2. ^ Victor Hugo (16 February 2017). The Memoirs of Victor Hugo. Read Books Limited. pp. 223–. ISBN 978-1-4733-5031-1.

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