Hugo Claus
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Hugo Maurice Julien Claus 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
Claus in Ghent, 1984
Claus at the premiere of Het Mes, Amsterdam, 1961
Poem by Hugo Claus as a wall poem in Leiden
The Sorrow of Belgium
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The Sorrow of Belgium is a 1983 novel by the Belgian author Hugo Claus. The book, widely considered Claus's most important work and "the most important Dutch-language novel of the twentieth century",
Hugo Claus
…the German occupation of Belgium during World War II. The experience was formative, and would later be adapted by Claus into his semi-autobiographical The Sorrow of Belgium (1983). Many of Claus' teachers were Flemish nationalists who were sympathetic to fascism, and Claus joined the pro-German youth wing of the Flemish…
First edition (Dutch)