Maeterlinck

Mae·ter·linck  (mtr-lngk, mtr-, mä-tr-l), Count Maurice 1862-1949.

Belgian writer of poetry, a wide variety of essays, and symbolic dramas, including Pelléas et Mélisande (1892). He won the 1911 Nobel Prize for literature.

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Maeterlinck [ˈmeɪtəˌlɪŋk (French) mɛtɛrlɛ̃k]

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(Biographies / Maeterlinck, Maurice (1862-1949) M, Belgian, WRITING: poet, THEATRE: dramatist) Comte Maurice (mɔris). 1862-1949, Belgian poet and dramatist, noted particularly for his symbolist plays, such as Pelléas et Mélisande (1892), which served as the basis for an opera by Debussy, and

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Maeterlinck - Belgian playwright (1862-1949)       Count Maurice Maeterlinck