Maurice Maeterlinck

Maurice Maeterlinck

(1862–1949) playwright Belgium

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Maurice Maeterlinck (1862–1949) was a Belgium playwright, known for Monna Vanna|Pelléas and Mélisande|The Blue Bird|Serres Chaudes|Intruder|Interior|Princess Maleine|The Blind|Q16303604|Q16655370|Q110160283|The Death of Tintagiles|The Treasure of the Humble|Q16303559.

About Maurice Maeterlinck

Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck, also known as Count/Comte Maeterlinck from 1932, was a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who was Flemish but wrote in French. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911 "in appreciation of his many-sided literary activities, and especially of his dramatic works, which are distinguished by a wealth of imagination and by a poetic fancy, which reveals, sometimes in the guise of a fairy tale, a deep inspiration, while in a mysterious way they appeal to the readers' own feelings and stimulate their imaginations". The main themes in his work are death and the meaning of life. He was a leading member of the group La Jeune Belgique, and his plays form an important part of the Symbolist movement. In later life, Maeterlinck faced credible accusations of plagiarism.

Known for:

Monna Vanna|Pelléas and Mélisande|The Blue Bird|Serres Chaudes|Intruder|Interior|Princess Maleine|The Blind|Q16303604|Q16655370|Q110160283|The Death of Tintagiles|The Treasure of the Humble|Q16303559

Notable works:

La vie des abeilles

Awards:

Nobel Prize in Literature|Commander of the Legion of Honour|Grand Officer of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword

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