# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hugo-claus
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:54:56.562Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hugo-claus"
name: "Hugo Claus"
slug: "hugo-claus"
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, 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."
tagline: "Belgian author (1929–2008)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hugo_Claus.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1929-04-05"
deathDate: "2008-03-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.143676
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump