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Hugo Maurice Julien Clauswas 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.
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Guido Claus
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Elly Overzier
Veerle de Wit
Children
Thomas Claus
About the Hugo Claus
Hugo Maurice Julien Clauswas 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. He wrote primarily in Dutch, although he also wrote some poetry in English. He won the 2000 International Nonino Prize in Italy.
His death by euthanasia, which is legal in Belgium, led to considerable controversy.
3 Quotes by Hugo Claus
- 1.
In spring they lie flat at the first warmth, they ruin my summer and in autumn they smell of women.
Hugo ClausBelgian author (1929-2008)
- 2.
My verses stand gawping a bit. I never get used to this. They’ve lived here long enough.
Hugo ClausBelgian author (1929-2008)
- 3.
Go now, verses, on your light feet, you have not trodden hard on the old earth where the graves laugh when they see their guests, the one corpse stacked on top of the other. Go now and stagger to her whom I do not know.
Hugo ClausBelgian author (1929-2008)