Some of his works are available in English translations, including his most important novel, 1983's The Sorrow of Belgium (Het Verdriet van In the trilogy The Sorrows of Belgium, director Luk Perceval zooms in on the Belgian tricolour and on three darker moments in Belgian history: the exploitation of Flanders' obtainment of political autonomy as a federal (Belgian) region Hugo Claus, Het verdriet van Belgi