Claude C. Krijgelmans (9 January 1934 – 5 December 2022) was a Belgian writer, translator and painter. He made his debut in 1959 with the story Moderatus Caligula in Nieuw Vlaams Tijdschrift. Later published among others in , and with De Bezige Bij. Publishing house , founded in 2007, is named after a story from his collection Tandafslag, which was the first publication of this publisher. He won the 1968 Ark Prize of the Free Word for Homunculi. Work of Krijgelmans in part of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp collection.
Krijgelmans emigrated to the United States. He died at home in Reston, Virginia in his sleep on 5 December 2022, at the age of 88.
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Belgian writers
Belgian painters
Belgian translators
1934 births
2022 deaths
