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

A vital storyteller, he thrillingly illustrates Maurice Maeterlinck’s original play, as thoughtfully used surtitles made especially apparent.

From Los Angeles Times

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

In the hands of artistic visionaries such as Maurice Maeterlinck, Thornton Wilder, Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter, Edward Albee, Adrienne Kennedy and Caryl Churchill, compression has been a spur to creative freedom and experiment.

From Los Angeles Times

Maeterlinck is worth revisiting—his elliptical dialogue looks ahead to the work of Samuel Beckett.

From The New Yorker

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