Quote of the day
What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
Hugo Claus
Born: April 5, 1929
Died: March 19, 2008 (aged 78)
Bio: 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.
Known for:
- The Sorrow of Belgium (1983)
- De Metsiers (1950)
- Wonder
- De geruchten (1996)
- Four Works for the Theatre by Hugo Claus (1990)







