Victor Hugo

Birth Name:

Victor-Marie Hugo

Birth Date:

February 26, 1802

Birth Place:

140 Grande Rue, 25000 Besançon, France

Death Date:

May 22, 1885

Place of Death:

6 Place des Vosges, 75004 Paris, France

Age:

Cause of Death:

Pneumonia

Cemetery Name:

Le Panthéon

Claim to Fame:

Writers and Poets

Victor Hugo is considered to be one of the greatest and best-known French writers. Outside France, his most famous works are the novels Les Misérables (1862), and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831). In France, Hugo is renowned for his poetry collections, such as Les Contemplations (The Contemplations) and La Légende des siècles (The Legend of the Ages). Hugo was at the forefront of the Romantic literary movement with his play Cromwell and drama Hernani. He produced more than 4,000 drawings in his lifetime, and campaigned for social causes such as the abolition of capital punishment.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Le Panthéon

Place du Panthéon

Paris, , 75005

France

Europe

Map:

Grave Location:

Crypt

Grave Location Description

Enter through the main entrance, and go straight all the way to the back of the building. There will be a sign pointing left to go to the Crypt. Follow the signs and go down the staircase to the Crypt. In the Crypt, equal in size to the main hall above, though with space consumed by structural elements, you’ll see the tombs for Alexandre Dumas and Emile Zola along with Victor Hugo in the same alcove. Victor Hugo will be on the left, Alexandre Dumas in the center, and Emile Zola on the right side of their alcove.