VICTOR HUGO'S RELATIVE VOWS TO CARRY ON HIS LEGACY
The great-great-grandson of writer Victor Hugo has said he hopes plans for a new centre in his name will allow his legacy to live on.
Photographer Jean-Baptiste Hugo visited the island to capture updated images of Hauteville House, Victor Hugo's residence during his exile in Guernsey, since its restoration.
Mr Hugo said he supported the development of the new Victor Hugo Centre so young people could learn more about the writer and his social justice work.
Victor Hugo spent 14 years in the island, beginning in 1855 while in exile from the French emperor.
At Hauteville House in St Peter Port he wrote Les Miserables, Toilers of the Sea, The Man Who Laughs, The Legend of the Ages and Ninety-Three.
His great-great-grandson said the property was a "temple of creativity" for the island.
He described the house as a "three-dimensional poem" created by his ancestor.
Mr Hugo also visited Guernsey in 2014, where he marked the centenary of the Victor Hugo statue in Candie Gardens.
He said that visit in particular made him want to embrace his own cultural heritage and links to his relative.
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