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Maurice Maeterlinck
Belgian playwright and essayist (1862–1949) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck[1][lower-alpha 1] (29 August 1862 – 6 May 1949), also known as Count (or Comte) Maeterlinck from 1932,[6] 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 La Jeune Belgique group[7] and his plays form an important part of the Symbolist movement. In later life, Maeterlinck faced credible accusations of plagiarism.
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Born | Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck (1862-08-29)29 August 1862 Ghent, Belgium |
Died | 6 May 1949(1949-05-06) (aged 86) Nice, France |
Occupation | Playwright · Poet · Essayist |
Language | French |
Nationality | Belgian |
Alma mater | University of Ghent |
Literary movement | Symbolism |
Notable works | Intruder (1890) The Blind (1890) Pelléas et Mélisande (1893) Interior (1895) The Blue Bird (1908) |
Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Literature 1911 Triennial Prize for Dramatic Literature 1903 |
Spouse | Renée Dahon |
Partner | Georgette Leblanc |
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