Author of dozens of plays, novels, and collections of poetry, Claus is generally considered the most important Belgian writer of the twentieth century. His masterpiece is "The Sorrow of Belgium." Michael Henry Heim has translated dozens of novels, plays, and essays from the German, Russian, French, Czech, Serbian, Croatian and Flemish. Highlights include the work of Gunter Grass, Peter Esterhazy, and Milan Kundera. He is the recipient of the ALTA Prize, the AATSEEL award, and the Helen and Kurt Wolff Prize.
