Hugo Claus
- Writing
- April 5, 1929 · Bruges, Belgium
- March 19, 2008
Biography
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, the novel, 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.
Known for
Filmography
- Sylvia Kristel: Nu · Self
- De Verlossing · Director, Writer
- Herman the Gangster · Writer
- Janssen & Janssens draaien een film · Self
- The Sacrament · Director, Novel
- Jan Cox, a Painter's Odyssey · Self
- Mascara · Writer
- Diary of a Mad Old Man · Writer
- The van Paemel Family · Screenplay, Dialogue
- The Lion of Flanders · Director, Screenplay
- Permeke
- De droomproducenten · Self
- Minuet · Writer
- Vrijdag · Director, Novel
- Whitey · Screenplay, Dialogue
- The Inheritance · Writer
- Pallieter · Screenplay, Dialogue
- Cancer Rising · Novel
- Apostrophes · Self
- Because of the Cats · Writer
- Mira · Writer
- The Enemies · Director, Scenario Writer
- Toygirl · Director
- Thursday We Shall Sing Like Sunday · Scenario Writer
- The Dance of the Heron · Theatre Play
- De luitenant · Writer
- The Knife · Scenario Writer, Novel
- Village by the River · Dialogue, Writer