“because he left us as a great glowing star, right on time, just before he would have collapsed into a Stellar black hole.”
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Hugo Claus
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 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.
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culture · Belgian author (1929–2008) · screenwriter · poet · writer · film director · painter · translator · journalist · author · librettist · visual artist · also Hugo Claus, Hugo Maurice Julien Claus, Dorothea van Male, Jan Hyoens, Thea Streiner, H.M.J. Claus
Born 5 April 1929 · Died 19 March 2008 · Q117783
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2008· 1 entry
Died 2008-03-19.
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2005· 1 entry
Awarded Flemish Culture Award for General Cultural Achievement (2005).
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2003· 1 entry
Awarded Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding (2003).
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2001· 2 entries
Awarded Literature Prize of the Flemish Provinces (2001).
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Awarded Preis der Stadt Münster für Europäische Poesie (2001).
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2000· 1 entry
Awarded International Nonino Prize (2000).
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1997· 2 entries
Awarded Humo's Gouden Bladwijzer (1997).
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Awarded Libris Literature Prize for De geruchten (1997).
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1994· 3 entries
Awarded The Grand Poetry prize for De Sporen (1994).
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Awarded VSB Poetry Prize (1994).
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Awarded Prijs voor Meesterschap (1994).
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1986· 3 entries
Awarded Prix Laure Bataillon (1986).
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Awarded Dutch Literature Prize (1986).
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Awarded Herman Gorterprijs (1986).
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1985· 3 entries
Awarded Cestoda price (1985).
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“s upcoming visit to Belgium that year, titled Een Weerzinwekkend Bezoek. The poems were illustrated with cartoons by GAL. Hugo Claus”
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Claus also wrote a series of satirical poems about Pope John Paul II's upcoming visit to Belgium that year, titled Een Weerzinwekkend Bezoek
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1979· 1 entry
Awarded Constantijn Huygens Prize (1979).
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1967· 2 entries
Awarded Edmond Hustinx Prize for playwrights (1967).
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Which spoofed the Belgian bi-lingual troubles
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1965· 2 entries
Awarded Henriëtte Roland Holst Award (1965).
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Awarded Martinus Nijhoff Translation Prize (1965).
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1952· 1 entry
Awarded Arkprijs van het Vrije Woord (1952).
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1950· 1 entry
With the publication of his De Metsiers at age twenty-one
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1929· 1 entry
Born 1929-04-05.
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