Maurice Maeterlinck Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck (also called Comte (Count) Maeterlinck from 1932; French pronunciation: [mo.ʁis ma.tɛʁ.lɛ̃ːk] in Belgium, [mɛ.teʁ.lɛ̃ːk] in France; 29 August 1862 – 6 May 1949) 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.
Blue Bird, The Blue Bird, Monna Vanna, The Burgomaster of Stilemonde
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Fact
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Samuel Goldwyn once commissioned him to write a screenplay on anything he pleased. He chose to adapt his bestselling entomological work, "The Life of a Bee." After reading a few pages of Maeterlinck's screenplay, a thoroughly dismissed Goldwyn burst out of his office yelling "My God, the hero is a bee!"
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Discussed by name in the film Without Reservations by the character played by Claudette Colbert.
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Was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1911.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Pelleas et Melisande
2009
TV Movie libretto
Pelléas et Mélisande
1999/I
TV Movie by
Pelléas et Mélisande
1999/II
TV Movie by
Pelléas et Mélisande
1992
TV Movie libretto
Pelléas et Mélisande
1987
TV Movie by
Mon meilleur Noël
1981
TV Series play - 1 episode
Maeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl's Adventurous Journey
$900,000