Count Maurice (Mooris) Polidore Marie Bernhard Maeterlinck

Nobel Prize in Literature 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”

Maurice Maeterlinck was a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911 in appreciation of his many-sided literary activities, especially his dramatic works. He wrote in French.

Field

Literature · World Literatures

Lifespan

1862–1949

• Literature
• World Literatures