of postwar poetry of the Netherlands and Flanders [sound recording]: Hugo Claus, Judith Herzberg, Gerrit Kouwenaar, and Cees Nooteboom reading their poems, 1984 Selected Poems 1953–1973, 1986 The Sign of the Hamster, 1985 (Het teken van de Hamster, 1964) () Greetings: selected poems, 2004 () Even Now, selected and translated by David Colmer, 2013 Theatre: Friday, 1972 (Vrijdag, 1968) () Four Works for the Theatre, 1980 () Friday, 1993 (Vrijdag, 1968) The sacrament and other plays of forbidden love, 2007 () Essay: Karel Appel, Painter, 1963 (Karel Appel, Schilder'', 1964) See also Belgian literature References External links New York Times: Hugo Claus, One of Belgium’s Most Renowned Authors, Dies at 78 Study and Documentation Centre Hugo Claus at the University of Antwerp Hugo Claus 'Bookweb' on literary website The Ledge, with suggestions for further reading 1929 births 2008 deaths Writers from Bruges 20th-century Belgian dramatists and playwrights Belgian male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Belgian novelists 21st-century Belgian novelists Belgian film directors Belgian male poets Belgian comics writers Dutch-language poets Ark Prize of the Free Word winners 20th-century Belgian painters Abstract painters Belgian satirists 20th-century Belgian poets Deaths by euthanasia Belgian erotica writers 20th-century Belgian male writers 21st-century Belgian male writers Controversies in Belgium Religious controversies in Belgium