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Count Maurice (Mooris) Polidore Marie Bernhard Maeterlinck

Nobel Prize laureate in Literature 1911
Count Maurice (Mooris) Polidore Marie Bernhard Maeterlinck — Nobel Prize
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Literature 1911
Born : 1862-08-29 — Ghent, Belgium
Died : 1949-05-06
“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”
Literature · 1911
Count Maurice Maeterlinck, born on August 29, 1862, in Ghent, Belgium, and died on May 6, 1949, was a Belgian writer and playwright. He is best known for his theatrical works that blend imagination and poetry. In 1911, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his many literary activities, especially his dramatic works that reveal deep inspiration and stimulate readers' imaginations.

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Who is Count Maurice (Mooris) Polidore Marie Bernhard Maeterlinck?
Count Maurice Maeterlinck, born on August 29, 1862, in Ghent, Belgium, and died on May 6, 1949, was a Belgian writer and playwright. He is best known for his theatrical works that blend imagination and poetry. In 1911, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his many literary activities, especially his dramatic works that reveal deep inspiration and stimulate readers' imaginations.
In what year did Count Maurice (Mooris) Polidore Marie Bernhard Maeterlinck win the Nobel Prize?
1911 — Literature
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