Maurice Maeterlinck

Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949)

Belgian Playwright, Poet, Essayist

Maurice Maeterlinck was a Belgian playwright, poet and essayist who became involved with Symbolism, a French literary movement which uses symbols to represent ideas and emotions. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1911.

Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard, Count Maeterlinck, was born in Ghent, Belgium on August 29, 1862. He studied law at the University of Ghent where he was profoundly influenced by Symbolism. His early works were not in plays but poetry. He published his first poem, The Rushes, when he was a 21-year-old university student.

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Works by Maurice Maeterlinck

• The Rushes, 1883
• Hot Houses, 1889
• The Princess Maleine, 1889, play
• The Blind, 1891, play
• Pelléas and Mélisande, 1892, play
• Aglavaine and Selysette, 1896
• Ariadne and Bluebeard, 1901
• Sister Beatraice, 1902
• Monna Vanna, 1902, play
• The Blue Bird, 1908
• The Burgomaster of Stilmonde, 1918