What is Maurice Maeterlinck?
{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --> | name = Maurice Maeterlinck | image = Maurice Maeterlinck 2.jpg | imagesize = 225px | alt = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_name = Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard | birth_date = {{birth date|1862|8|29|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Ghent]], [[Belgium]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1949|5|6|1862|8|29|df=y}} | death_place = [[Nice]], [[France]] | occupation = [[Playwright]]{{·}}[[Poet]]{{·}}[[Essayist]] | language = [[French language|French]] | nationality = [[Belgian people|Belgian]] | ethnicity = | religion = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = | period = | genre = | subject = | movement = [[Symbolism (arts)|Symbolism]] | notableworks = ''[[Intruder (play)|Intruder]]'' (1890)<br/>''[[The Blind]]'' (1890)<br/>''[[Interior (play)|Interior]]'' (1895)<br/>''[[The Blue Bird (play)|The Blue Bird]]'' (1908) | spouse = Renée Dahon | partner = [[Georgette Leblanc]] | children = | relatives = | awards = {{awd|[[Nobel Prize in Literature]]|1911}} {{awd|Triennial Prize for Dramatic Literature|1903}} | signature = | website = }} '''Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck''',<ref>Spelled ''Maurice (Mooris) Polidore Marie Bernhard Maeterlinck'' on the [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1911/maeterlinck.html official Nobel Prize page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119222742/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1911/maeterlinck.html |date=2012-11-19 }}</ref> also called ''Comte (Count) Maeterlinck'' from 1932,<ref>''Maeterlinck, Maurice'' in Encyclopædia Britannica</ref> (29 August 1862 – 6 May 1949) was a Belgian [[playwright]], [[poet]], and [[essayist]]. He wrote in [[French language|French]]. He was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] in 1911. The main themes in his work are death and the meaning of life. His plays are an important part of the [[Symbolism (arts)