Hubert Lampo

Hubert Lampo (Antwerp, September 1, 1920–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.

Selected bibliography

Novels

• "Don Juan en de Laatste Nymf" ("Don Juan and the Last Nymph", 1943)
• "Hélène Defraye" (1945)
• "Triptiek van de Onvervulde Liefde" ("Triptych of Unrequited Love", 1947)
• "De Ruiter op de Wolken" ("The Horseman on the Clouds", 1948)
• "Idomeneia en de Kentaur" ("Idomenea and the Centaur, 1951)
• "De Belofte aan Rachel" ("The Promise to Rachel", 1952)
• "Terugkeer naar Atlantis" ("Return to Atlantis", 1953)
• "De Duivel en de Maagd" ("The Devil and the Virgin", 1955)
• "De Komst van Joachim Stiller" ("The Coming of Joachim Stiller", 1960, extended 1978 edition ISBN 0-86874-023-3)
• "Hermione betrapt" ("Hermione caught", 1962)
• "De Heks en de Archeoloog" ("The Witch and the Archaeologist", 1967)
• "De Goden moeten hun Getal Hebben"/"Kasper in de Onderwereld" ("The Gods must have their Number"/"Kasper in the Underworld", 1969, second edition 1974 ISBN 90-290-0075-9)
• "De Vingerafdrukken van Brahma" ("Brahma's Fingerprints", 1972)
• "Een Geur van Sandelhout" ("An Odour of Sandalwood", 1976, ISBN 90-290-0562-9)
• "Wijlen Sarah Silbermann" ("The Late Sarah Silbermann", 1980, ISBN 90-290-1273-0)
• "Zeg maar Judith" ("Just Say Judith", 1983, ISBN 90-290-1883-6)
• "De Eerste Sneeuw van het Jaar" ("The Year's First Snow", 1985, ISBN 90-290-1540-3)
• "De Elfenkoningin" ("The Elf Queen", 1989, ISBN 90-290-3597-8)
• "De Verdwaalde Carnavalsvierder" ("The Lost Carnival Celebrant", 1990, ISBN 90-290-2782-7)
• "De Man die van Nergens Kwam" ("The Man who Came from Nowhere", 1991, ISBN 90-290-2548-4)
• "De Geheime Academie" ("The Secret Academy", 1994, ISBN 90-290-4948-0 (Dutch edition), ISBN 90-223-1310-7 (Belgian edition))

Novellas

• "Dochters van Lemurië" ("Daughters of Lemuria", 1964)

Short stories

• "De Engel en de Juke-box" ("The Angel and the Jukebox", 1978)
• "Schemertijdmuziek" ("Dusk time music", 1992, ISBN 90-290-2765-7)

Autobiography

• "De Draad van Ariadne" ("Ariadne's Thread", 1967); second edition published in 1974 as "Joachim Stiller en ik" ("Joachim Stiller and I", ISBN 90-290-0557-2)

See also

• Flemish literature

External links

• Short biography
• Bibliography