page_title: Hubert Lampo
hierarchical_section_title: Hubert Lampo
caption_attribution_description: Hubert Lampo (September 1, 1920 - July 12, 2006), Flemish writer of magic-realistic novels.
context_page_description: Hubert Leon Lampo was a Flemish writer, one of the founders of magic realism in Flanders. His most famous book is De komst van Joachim Stiller, 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 and the Holy Grail.
context_section_description: Hubert Leon Lampo (Antwerp, September 1, 1920 – Essen, July 12, 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 and the Holy Grail.
caption: Hubert Lampo (photo Tom Ordelman)
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