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| Born | Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck 29 August 1862 Ghent, Belgium |
| Died | 6 May 1949 (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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Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck[1][a] (29 August 1862 – 6 May 1949), also known as Count/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.
- ^ Spelled Maurice (Mooris) Polidore Marie Bernhard Maeterlinck on the official Nobel Prize page.
- ^ "Maeterlinck, Count Maurice". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022.
- ^ "Maeterlinck". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ "Maeterlinck". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ Jean-Marie Pierret (1994). Phonétique historique du français et notions de phonétique générale (in French). Peeters Publishers. ISBN 9789068316087.
- ^ "Maeterlinck, Maurice". Encyclopædia Britannica.
- ^ Michael Shaw (2019), The Fin-de-Siècle Scottish Revival: Romance, Decadence and Celtic Identity, Edinburgh University Press, p. 98
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