page_title: Hugo Claus
section_title: Prizes
hierarchical_section_title: Hugo Claus / Prizes
caption_attribution_description: English: The poem De aarde danst op haar wolken of the Flemish author Hugo Claus on a wall of the building at Geregracht 1, at the corner with the Levendaal in Leiden, The NetherlandsNederlands: Het gedicht De aarde danst op haar wolken van de Vlaamse auteur Hugo Claus op een muur van het gebouw op de Geregracht 1, op de hoek met het Levendaal in Leiden, Nederland
context_page_description: 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.
  His death by euthanasia, which is legal in Belgium, led to considerable controversy.
context_section_description: Amongst others:
  1950 — Leo J. Krynprijs for De Metsiers
  1952 — Arkprijs van het Vrije Woord for De Metsiers
  1964 — August Beernaertprize for De verwondering
  1965 — Henriëtte Roland Holst-prize for all his plays
  1967 — Edmond Hustinxprize for all his plays
  1979 — Constantijn Huygens Prize
  1985 — Cestoda-prize
  1986 — Herman Gorterprize for Alibi
  1986 — Prijs der Nederlandse Letteren
  1994 — Prijs voor Meesterschap for his complete oeuvre
  1994 — VSB Poetry Prize for De Sporen
  1997 — Libris Prize for De Geruchten
  1998 — Aristeion Prize for De Geruchten
  2000 — Premio Nonino for La sofferenza del Belgio
caption: Poem by Hugo Claus as a wall poem in Leiden
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