Ernest Claes

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'' (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).

Some of his works are written under the pseudonym G. van Hasselt.

He married the Dutch-born writer Stephanie Vetter. Provided by Wikipedia