- He chose euthanasia to die.
- One of his sublime novels is 'De verwoesting van Hyperion' (The destruction of Hyperion), a 1978 science-fiction account of the rise and fall of a super civilization.
- During the liberation of Antwerp on September 4, Hugo Raes becomes friends with English and American soldiers. They bring him in contact with English-language literature.
- His book 'The Smáran' won two awards: the Dirk Martens prize of the city of Aalst (1973) and the three-year Belgian State Prize for prose (1975).
- In 1968 is his book 'bankruptcy of debonair' voted the best book of the year 1967.
- He shows himself in his work particularly committed: abuses are denounced and authorities get criticism for their lack of innovation.
- There are translations of Hugo Raes works in English, German, French, Romanian, Polish and Slovenian.
- In the first class of primary school a young Hugo Raes gets lesson of his father who was teacher.
- He is one of the few writers who have successfully practiced the genre of science fiction in Dutch literature.
- The break-through as a writer takes place in 1961 with the autobiographical novel 'De vadsige Koningen' in which Hugo Raes writes about his failed marriage.
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