Charles Baudelaire & Victor Hugo

Did Charles Baudelaire and Victor Hugo live at the same time?

Yes. Charles Baudelaire and Victor Hugo lived at the same time for 46 years, from 1821 to 1867.^[1][2][3][4]

Charles Baudelaire · Victor Hugo · Born in 1821 · Born in 1802

Charles Baudelaire

1821–1867

Literature

French poet of Les Fleurs du mal

Victor Hugo

1802–1885

Literature

Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

How Charles Baudelaire and Victor Hugo Are Connected

• Les Fleurs du mal landed Baudelaire in court: he was fined for an offense against public morals and six poems were suppressed, while Victor Hugo wrote that the poems "shine and dazzle like stars".^[1]

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