Les Misérables author (4)

I believe the answer is:
hugo
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">les miserables author</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for hugo that I've seen before include "Victor maybe" , "Fr. Author; Sci-fi award" , "Victor .... wrote ''Les Miserables''" , "Victor -; French author (Les Miserables)" , "Victor, say" .)