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Profile of Hugo Claus on Famous Like Me

 
Name: Hugo Claus  
   
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Date of Birth: 5th April 1929
   
Place of Birth: Brugge, West Flanders, Belgium
   
Profession: Writer
 
 
From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia

Hugo Maurice Julien Claus (born April 5, 1929 in Bruges, Belgium) is a prolific Flemish novelist, poet, playwright, painter and film director. He is considered to be one of the most important contemporary Dutch language authors.

Bibliography

Claus has written over a thousand pages of poetry, more than sixty plays, over twenty novels and several essays, film scripts, libretti and translations. Only a small part of this Å“uvre has been translated into English:

  • Prose:
    • The Duck Hunt, 1955 (De Metsiers, 1950)
    • Sister of Earth, 1966 (De Metsiers, 1950)
    • The Sorrow of Belgium, 1990 (Het verdriet van België, 1983) (ISBN 1585672386)
    • The Swordfish, 1996 (De Zwaardvis, 1989) (ISBN 0720609852)
    • Desire, 1997 (Het verlangen, 1978) (ISBN 0140255389)
  • Poetry:
    • with Karel Appel: Love Song, 1963 (written in English)
    • with Pierre Alechinsky and Karel Appel: Two-brush paintings: Their poems by Hugo Claus, 1980 (Zwart, 1978)
    • Selected Poems 1953-1973, 1986
    • The Sign of the Hamster, 1986 (Het teken van de Hamster, 1964)
  • Theatre:
    • Friday, 1972 (Vrijdag, 1969)
    • Four Works for the Theatre, 1990 (ISBN 0966615212)
    • Friday, 1993 (Vrijdag, 1969)
  • Essay:
    • Karel Appel, Painter, 1962 (Karel Appel, Schilder, 1964)

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