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Hugo Maurice Julien Claus (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦyɣoː ˈklʌu̯s]; 5 April 1929 – 19 March 2008) was a leading Belgian author who published under his own name as well as various pseudonyms. Claus' literary contributions spanned the genres of drama, novels, and poetry; he also left a legacy as a painter and film director.
Hugo Claus (born April 5, 1929, Brugge, Belg.—died March 19, 2008, Antwerp) was a Belgian poet, novelist, playwright, screenwriter, director, and painter renowned for his prolific energy and the versatility of his politically and socially challenging work.
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Hugo Maurice Julien Claus ( Brugge, 5 april 1929 – Antwerpen, 19 maart 2008) was een Vlaams dichter, schrijver, kunstschilder en filmmaker. Hij was de meest bekroonde auteur uit het Nederlandse taalgebied.
Mar 30, 2008 · Hugo Claus, one of Belgium’s most renowned authors despite his often caustic portrayals of his nation, particularly its ambiguous role in World War II, died on March 19. He was 78. Mr. Claus,...
Hugo Claus (1929-2008) was a prolific and versatile author of novels, poems, plays and films. He is considered the most important Flemish writer of modern literature and a master of the Flemish language.
Hugo Claus (1929) has been the wonder boy of Flemish literature for more than half a decade. He has written more than a hundred literary works, with which he has won more than forty literary prizes. To his credit he has poems, stories, novels, plays, libretti and film scripts.
Hugo Claus was the wonder boy of Flemish literature for more than half a century. Apart from being an extraordinarily productive and highly regarded poet, he was an equally productive and regarded writer of stories, novels, film scripts, libretti and plays, as well as a stage and film director, an artist and a translator.
