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",
First edition (Dutch)
Hugo Claus, pictured in 1984
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
The Sorrow of Belgium
…The Sorrow of Belgium (Dutch: Het verdriet van België) is a 1983 novel by the Belgian author Hugo Claus (1929–2008). The book, widely considered Claus's most important work and "the most important Dutch-language novel of the twentieth century", is a…
Claus at the premiere of Het Mes, Amsterdam, 1961
Poem by Hugo Claus as a wall poem in Leiden