Hugo Claus

Hugo Claus (born April 5, 1929, Brugge, Belg.—died March 19, 2008, Antwerp) was a Belgian poet, novelist, playwright, screenwriter, director, and painter renowned for his prolific energy and the versatility of his politically and socially challenging work. Many consider him to be Belgium’s greatest writer. Claus was the son of a painter. He attended Roman Catholic boarding schools before fleeing to France, where as a teenager he worked in a sugar factory and as a...