Quotes by Hugo Claus

About 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, 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.
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[...] zoals zij in de bus op weg naar Wierenbeke achter de chauffeur had gezeten met al het verdriet van Belgie in haar ogen.

Hugo Claus

My verses stand gawping a bit. I never get used to this. They've lived here long enough.

Hugo Claus

Go now, verses, on your light feet, you have not trodden hard on the old earth where the graves laugh when they see their guests, the one corpse stacked on top of the other. Go now and stagger to her whom I do not know.

Hugo Claus

I am a person who is unhappy with things as they stand. We cannot accept the world as it is. Each day we should wake up foaming at the mouth because of the injustice of things.

Hugo Claus

In spring they lie flat at the first warmth, they ruin my summer and in autumn they smell of women.

Hugo Claus

Author Bio

  • NameHugo Claus
  • DescriptionBelgian author
  • AliasesHugo Maurice Julien Claus; Dorothea van Male; Jan Hyoens; Thea Streiner
  • BornApril 5, 1929
  • DiedMarch 19, 2008
  • CountryBelgium
  • ProfessionScreenwriter; Playwright; Poet; Writer; Film Director; Painter; Translator
  • WorksThe Sorrow Of Belgium
  • AwardsConstantijn Huygens Prize; Libris Prize; Knight Of The Order Of The Crown; Flemish Culture Award For General Cultural Achievement; Ark Prize Of The Free Word; Henriëtte Roland Holst Award; Prijs Der Nederlandse Letteren; Herman Gorterprijs; Cestoda Price