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- Birth nameAndreas Ernestus Josephus Claes
- Ernest Claes was born on October 24, 1885 in Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, Flanders, Belgium. He was a writer and actor, known for De witte (1934), Uilenspiegel leeft nog (1935) and Whitey (1980). He was married to Stephanie Claes-Vetter. He died on September 2, 1968 in Uccle, Brussels, Belgium.
- SpouseStephanie Claes-Vetter(October 29, 1912 - September 2, 1968) (his death, 1 child)
- He became one of the most widely read authors in Flanders.
- He married the Dutch-born writer Stephanie Vetter.
- Claes treated several subjects. Animals and children were the subject of such works as Floere het fluwijn (1950; "Floere the Polecat") and Jeugd (1940; "Youth"), and World War I was the topic of Namen 1914 (1916).
- Although he was usually kind, his tone was occasionally judgmental, as in De vulgaire geschiedenis van Charelke Dop (1924; "The Ignoble History of Charelke Dop"), a bitter and cutting tale of a war profiteer, and Clementine (1940), the story of a dishonest servant girl.
- Claes' novels were also adapted into the popular TV series Wij, Heren van Zichem (1969-1972).[.
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