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.

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

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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