Maurice Maeterlinck
Playwright, Author
1862 – 1949
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Who was Maurice Maeterlinck?
Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck was a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who was a Fleming, but wrote in French. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911. The main themes in his work are death and the meaning of life. His plays form an important part of the Symbolist movement.
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- Born
- Aug 29, 1862
Ghent - Also known as
- Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck
- Count Maeterlinck
- Mooris Polidore Marie Bernhard Maeterlinck
- Parents
- Spouses
- Georgette Leblanc
(1895 - 1918) - Renée Dahon
(1919/02/15 - 1949/05/06)
- Georgette Leblanc
- Nationality
- Belgium
- Profession
- Education
- Ghent University
- Lived in
- Ghent
- Died
- May 6, 1949
Nice
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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