Maeterlinck

American  

[mey-ter-lingk, ma-ter-lan, mah-ter-lingk] / ˈmeɪ tərˌlɪŋk, ma tɛrˈlɛ̃, ˈmɑ tɛrˌlɪŋk /

noun

1. Comte Maurice 1862–1947, Belgian poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel Prize 1911.

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Maeterlinck British  

/ ˈmeɪtəˌlɪŋk, mɛtɛrlɛ̃k /

noun

1. 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 L'Oiseau bleu (1909). Nobel prize for literature 1911

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Other Word Forms

• Maeterlinckian
  adjective

Example Sentences

Five of his stage works were performed there, most recently his ninth and final completed opera, “L’Invisible,” which was based on texts by the Belgian Symbolist Maurice Maeterlinck and premiered in 2017.

From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2024

Baker’s signature hyper-realism makes room for an irrational dimension that lightly evokes the supernatural enigmas of Maurice Maeterlinck and August Strindberg.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2017

While this revival is a fascinating collector's item, it also demonstrates that Maeterlinck suffered the fate of many artistic revolutionaries – seeing his ideas absorbed into the mainstream.

From The Guardian • Apr. 8, 2013

"Pelleas" is a one-of-a-kind work, adapted by Debussy from a play by Maurice Maeterlinck and written in the composer's style of ever-shifting chromaticism.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2010

Maeterlinck and Marais wrote best-selling books on the presumed soul that must exist somewhere in the nests of ants and termites.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas