maurice maeterlinck

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Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949), Belgium playwright and poet and winner of the 1911 Nobel prize for literature

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{i} (1862-1949) Belgium playwright and poet and winner of the 1911 Nobel prize for literature

later Comte Maeterlinck born Aug. 29, 1862, Ghent, Belg. died May 6, 1949, Nice, France Belgian playwright and poet. He studied law in Ghent but soon turned to writing poems and plays. His Pelléas et Mélisande (1892), considered the masterpiece of Symbolist drama (see Symbolist movement), was the basis of Claude Debussy's opera (1902). In his Symbolist plays, Maeterlinck used poetic speech, gesture, lighting, setting, and ritual to create images that reflect his protagonists' moods and dilemmas. His other writings include a collection of Symbolist poems (Hothouses, 1899) and plays such as Monna Vanna (1902), The Blue Bird (1908), and The Burgomaster of Stilmonde (1918). He was also noted for his popular treatments of scientific subjects, including The Life of the Bee (1901) and The Intelligence of Flowers (1907). Maeterlinck was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1911

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Definition of maurice maeterlinck in English French dictionary

{n} Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949), écrivain, poète et dramaturge belge, lauréat du Prix Nobel de Littérature en 1911