About Hubert Lampo
Lived 1920 – 2006 (aged 85). Hubert Lampo was a Belgian writer and translator.
Hubert Leon Lampo (Antwerp, 1 September 1920 – Essen, 12 July 2006) was a Flemish writer, one of the founders of magic realism in Flanders. His most famous book is De komst van Joachim Stiller ("The coming of Joachim Stiller", 1960), in which a mysterious person, named Joachim Stiller, appears as a redeemer, under circumstances reminiscent of the death of Jesus. Other themes that occur in Lampo's work are the myths of Orpheus, Atlantis and the Holy Grail.
Bibliography (English) Hubert Lampo: Arthur and the Grail. Photogr. by Pieter Paul Koster. London, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1988. Hubert Lampo: The coming of Joachim Stiller. Transl. by Marga Emlyn-Jones. New York, Twayne Publishers, 1974. Hubert Lampo: 'The contemporary novel in Dutch'. In: The contemporary novel in Belgium. Brussels, 1970. No ISBN
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Who was Hubert Lampo?
Belgian writer and journalist (1920–2006)
When was Hubert Lampo born?
Hubert Lampo was born on 1 September 1920 in Antwerp.
When did Hubert Lampo die?
Hubert Lampo died on 12 July 2006 in Essen.
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Hubert Lampo was a writer and translator.
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Hubert Lampo was Belgian.
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