# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ernest-claes
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:10:18.992Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ernest-claes"
name: "Ernest Claes"
slug: "ernest-claes"
description: "Andreas Ernestus Josephus Claes was a Belgian author. He is best known for his regional novels, including De Witte (\"Whitey\"), which was the source material for the first Flemish sound film: De Witte (1920). In 1980 it was remade as De Witte van Sichem by Robbe De Hert."
tagline: "Belgian writer (1885-1968)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ErnestClaes(persp.).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1885-10-24"
deathDate: "1968-09-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.9
  momentum:             1.350710900473934
  historical:           10.36782133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "إرنست كلايس"
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    title: "ارنست كلايس"
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    title: "Ernest Claes"
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    title: "Ernest Claes"
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    title: "Ernest Claes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Claes"
    title: "Ernest Claes"
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    title: "Ernest Claes"
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    title: "Ernest Claes"
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    title: "Ernest Claes"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump