- His most famous novel is the novel 'De komst van Joachim Stiller' (The coming of Joachim Stiller) in 1960. Some 44 reprints of the book have been published.
- The literary genre of magic realism, which combines a realistic setting with supernatural elements, was made famous by Edgar Allan Poe, Oscar Wilde and Gabriel Garcia Marquez among other writers.
- In 1965 he moved to 'The Kempen' with his fourth wife wife Lucia and in 1970 he visited Stonehenge for the first time. He was so impressed by Stonehenge that he would use it repeatedly in his later work. In 1972 he published a collection of essays as "De Zwanen van Stonehenge" ("The Swans of Stonehenge").
- Hubert Lampo was one of the founders of magic realism in Flanders.
- Author of 21 novels - of which The coming of Joachim Stiller is the most famous - as well as novellas and short stories, Lampo has received several awards and was for many years regarded as a candidate for the Nobel Prize.
- Though the term magic realism has been applied more to the Latin American writers, Lampo, under the influence of his fellow Flemish writer, Johan Daisne, was also to adopt it.
- Strongly influenced by his experience of World War Two, Lampo's work focused on humanism, democracy and social engagement.
- He was awarded in 1963 with the three-yearly State Prize for Literature.
- Lampo had a passion for myths and fantasy. He wrote countless papers on such subjects, which were bundled together as 'De zwanen van Stonehenge' (The Swans of Stonehenge) in 1972.
- He was editorial secretary of the Nieuw Vlaams Tijdschrift and later became Chief Inspector of Public Libraries.
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