Maurice Maeterlinck

Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck (Known as "Maurice Maeterlinck")

Symbolist Playwright, Poet, Essayist, Nobel Prize in Literature (1911)

Born Aug 29, 1862

Ghent, Belgium

Passed Away May 06, 1949 Nice (Château d'Orlamonde), France

Lifespan 86 years old

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Belgian Symbolist master who won the 1911 Nobel Prize in Literature, world-renowned for his fairy tale drama The Blue Bird (L'Oiseau bleu) and Pelléas et Mélisande (set to music by Claude Debussy).

Biographical Record

Raised in Ghent, Maeterlinck studied law before publishing his symbolist poetry collection Serres chaudes (1889) and the groundbreaking play La Princesse Maleine, which Octave Mirbeau hailed as superior to Shakespeare. In 1892, he wrote Pelléas et Mélisande, capturing the silence and mystery of destiny.

His 1908 philosophical fairy play L'Oiseau bleu premiered at Stanislavski's Moscow Art Theatre to worldwide triumph, symbolizing humanity's quest for happiness. His natural history essays, including The Life of the Bee (1901), blended science with sublime philosophical mysticism.

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Final Resting Place

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Château d'Orlamonde (Palais Maeterlinck)
Nice, France

                         GPS: 43.6889, 7.3056                    

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