Maurice Maeterlinck

Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck (29 August 1862 – 6 May 1949), 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.

Notable works: Intruder, The Blind, Interior, The Blue Bird, Serres Chaudes, Pelléas and Mélisande, Princess Maleine, Alladine and Palomides Awards: Nobel Prize in Literature, Commander of the Legion of Honour, Grand Officer of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword Education: Ghent University, Society of Jesus, Sint-Barbaracollege

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