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Andreas Ernestus Josephus Claes (24 October 1885 in Zichem – 2 September 1968 in Elsene) 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 movie: ''
Andreas Ernestus Josephus Claes (24 October 1885 in Zichem – 2 September 1968 in Elsene) 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 movie: ''De Witte
''De Witte'' or ''Dewitte'' is Dutch and Flemish for "The White" and may refer to:
* The noble family "de Witte" (from Antwerpen)
Surname
* André de Witte (1944–2021), Belgian bishop in Brazil
* Bruno de Witte (born 1955), Belgian legal sch ...
'' (1920). In 1980 it was remade as '' De Witte van Sichem'' by Robbe De Hert.
Claes' novels were also adapted into the popular TV series '' Wij, Heren van Zichem'' (1969–1972) or miniseries as ''De vulgaire geschiedenis van Charelke Dop'' (1985).https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0253918/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 De vulgaire geschiedenis van Charelke Dop on IMDB.COM
Some of his works are written under the pseudonym G. van Hasselt.
He married the Dutch-born writer Stephanie Vetter
Johanna Maria Stephanie Claes-Vetter (February 25, 1884 – October 9, 1974) was a Dutch-born novelist in Belgium who wrote in Dutch.
She was born Johanna Maria Stephanie Vetter in Zutphen and married Flemish writer Ernest Claes. Vetter was a ...
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Works
*Naar het kasteel (published in "De Groene Linde") (1905) *Uit mijn dorpken (1906) *Het proza van Potgieter (thesis) (1910) *De fanfare van de Sint-Jansvrienden (1910) *Uit mijn soldatentijd (1917) *Bei uns in Deutschland (1919) *Namen 1914 (1919) *Oorlogsnovellen (1919) *De Witte (1920) *Sichemsche novellen (1921) *De vulgaire geschiedenis van Charelke Dop
''De vulgaire geschiedenis van Charelke Dop'', ''(The vulgar history of Charelke Dop)'', is a novel written by Ernest Claes in 1923.
Synopsis
It is World War I. Charelke Dop lives in the Belgian municipality Diest. He pretends to be poor but ...
(1923)
*Kiki (1925)
*Het leven van Herman Coene (1925-1930)
*Wannes Raps (1926)
*Onze smid (1928)
*De heiligen van Sichem (1931)
*De geschiedenis van Black (1932)
*De wonderbare tocht (1933)
*Kobeke (1933)
*Pastoor Campens zaliger (1935)
*Van den os en den ezel (1937)
*Reisverhaal (1938)
*De moeder en de drie soldaten (1939)
*Clementine (1940)
*Jeugd (1940)
*Langs harde paden (1940)
*Herodes (1942)
*Kerstnacht in de gevangenis (1946)
*De oude moeder (1946)
*Gerechtelijke dwaling (1947)
*De oude klok (1947)
*Jeroom en Benzamien (1947)
*Sinterklaas in de Hemel en op de Aarde (1947)
*Die schone tijd (1949)
*Daar is een mens verdronken (1950)
*Studentenkosthuis 'bij Fien Janssens' (1950)
*Peter en Polly (1950)
*Floere, het Fluwijn (1951)
*Het leven en de dood van Victalis van Gille (1951)
*Cel 269 (1952)
*Voor de open poort (1952)
*De nieuwe ambtenaar (1952)
*Het was lente (1953)
*Ik en mijn lezers (1955)
*Dit is de sproke van broederke Valentijn (1956)
*Twistgesprek tussen Demer en Schelde (1957)
*Ik was student (1957)
*Ik en mijn boeken (1957)
*Leuven, o dagen, schone dagen (1958)
*De mannen van toen (1959)
*Ik en de Witte (1960)
*Voordrachtgevers zijn avonturiers (1962)
*Mijnheer Albert (1965)
*De klanten van pastoor Campens zaliger (1965)
*Daske (1965)
*Schone herinneringen (1966)
*Uit de dagboeken van Ernest Claes (1981)
*Uit de dagboeken van Ernest Claes: het afscheid (1983)
See also
* Flemish literature * *References
1885 births 1968 deaths Flemish writers People from Scherpenheuvel-Zichem {{Belgium-writer-stub