movement death_date death_place influenced birth_place awards nationality notableworks name birth_date language spouse image article_title birth_name partner occupation alma_mater
symbolism 6 may 1949 nice , france constantin stanislavski robert musil vsevolod meyerhold ghent , belgium nobel literature 1903 prize in literature 1911 triennial prize for dramatic belgian '' '' -lrb- 1890 -rrb- '' interior '' -lrb- 1895 -rrb- intruder '' the blue bird '' -lrb- 1908 -rrb- '' -lrb- 1890 -rrb- '' the blind maurice maeterlinck 29 august 1862 french renée dahon maurice maeterlinck 2.jpg maurice maeterlinck
 maurice polydore marie bernard georgette leblanc playwright poet essayist university of ghent
maurice maeterlinck

maurice polydore marie bernard maeterlinck -lrb- also called `` comte -lrb- count -rrb- maeterlinck '' from 1932 ; in belgium , in france ; 29 august 1862 -- 6 may 1949 -rrb- was a belgian playwright , poet , and essayist who was a fleming , but wrote in french .
he was awarded the nobel prize in literature in 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 '' .
the main themes in his work are death and the meaning of life .
his plays form an important part of the symbolist movement .
