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. April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sometimes referred to as the Venice of the North, Bruges has many waterways that run through the city. ... Flanders (Dutch: ) has several main meanings: the social, cultural and linguistical, scientific and educational, economical and political community of the Flemings; some prefer to call this the Flemish community (others refer to this as the Flemish nation) which is, with over 6 million inhabitants, the majority of all Belgians; a... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... A poet is some one who writes poetry. ... Template:Unsourced A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is someone who writes dramatic literature or drama. ... Painting by Rembrandt self-portrait Detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, in which the painter portrayed himself at work For the computer graphics program, see Corel Painter. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ...

Hugo Claus was born in Bruges. Under the pseudonym Dorothea van Male, he published the novel Schola Nostra (1971). He also used the pseudonyms Jan Hyoens and Thea Streiner. Sometimes referred to as the Venice of the North, Bruges has many waterways that run through the city. ...

In 1983, he published Het verdriet van België (The Sorrow of Belgium), which is probably his most famous book.

Claus is also a dramatist. He has written 35 original pieces and 31 translations from English, Greek, Latin, French, Spanish and Dutch plays and novels.

Hugo Claus has been connected with the Nobel Prize in Literature for several years now, but he himself claims to have given up hope of ever receiving it.

Prizes

• 1964 - August Beernaertprize for De verwondering
• 1965 - Henriëtte Roland Holst-prize for all his plays
• 1967 - Edmond Hustinxprize for all his plays
• 1979 - Constantijn Huygensprize
• 1985 - Cestoda-prize
• 1986 - Herman Gorterprize for Alibi
• 1986 - Prijs der Nederlandse Letteren
• 1994 - Prijs voor Meesterschap
• 1994 - VSB Poëzieprize for De Sporen
• 1997 - Libris Literatuurprize for De geruchten
• 1998 - Aristeion Prize

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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 œuvre has been translated into English: An essay is a short work of writing that treats a topic from an authors personal point of view. ... A screenplay or script is a blueprint for producing a motion picture. ... A libretto is the complete body of words used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, sacred or secular oratorio and cantata, musical, and ballet. ... Look up translate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

• 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 1-58567-238-6)
  • The Swordfish, 1996 (De Zwaardvis, 1989) (ISBN 0-7206-0985-2)
  • Desire, 1997 (Het verlangen, 1978) (ISBN 0-14-025538-9)
• 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 0-9666152-1-2)
  • Friday, 1993 (Vrijdag, 1969)
• Essay:
  • Karel Appel, Painter, 1962 (Karel Appel, Schilder, 1964)

The Sorrow of Belgium (Dutch: ) is a novel by the Belgian author Hugo Claus published in 1983, and is arguably his best known work outside of Belgium. ... Karel Appel (born April 25, 1921) is a painter, born in Amsterdam. ... Pierre Alechinsky (October 19, 1927) is a Belgian artist. ...

External links

• Study and Documentation Centre Hugo Claus at the Antwerp University
• Hugo Claus on the Pegasos website.
• Hugo Claus on the Literature in Context website.
• Hugo Claus 'Bookweb' on literary website The Ledge, with suggestions for further reading.

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