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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 41. Chapters: Belgian Catholic poets, Belgian poets in French, Flemish poets, Jacques Brel, Maurice Maeterlinck, Michiel de Swaen, Hugo Claus, Jacob van Maerlant, Cornelis de Bie, Jan Lauwereyns, Carl Norac, Michel Delville, Stefan Hertmans, Lode Van Den Bergh, Jacques Izoard, Albrecht Rodenbach, Camille Lemonnier, Liliane Wouters, Jean Daive, Clem Schouwenaars, Tom Lanoye, Anton van Wilderode, Alice Nahon, Henri Michaux, Willem Elsschot, Jean Lemaire de Belges, Louis Scutenaire, Marcel Lecomte, Andre Henri Constant van Hasselt, Serge Delaive, Irene Hamoir, Paul van Ostaijen, Paul Snoek, Jan van Beers, Andre Fontainas, Emmanuel Hiel, Guido Gezelle, Georges Rodenbach, William Cliff, Chantal Maillard, Peter Verhelst, Gaston Burssens, Clement Pansaers, Dimitri Verhulst, Jotie T'Hooft, Albert Giraud, Luuk Gruwez, Francois Maret, Andre Schmitz, Christine D'Haen, Gentil Theodoor Antheunis, Marguerite Coppin, Iwan Gilkin, Wies Moens, Jan Theuninck, Paul Nouge, Arthur Haulot, Arnulf of Leuven, Sophie Podolski, Roland Jooris, Christian Dotremont, Erwin Mortier, Lucienne Stassaert, Jan van Nijlen, Hugo Raes, Marcel Thiry, Albert Mockel, Geert Pijnenburg, Hein van Aken, Albert Ayguesparse, Carla Walschap, Pierre Bourgeois, Sidron de Hossche. Excerpt: Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck, also called Comte (Count) Maeterlinck from 1932, (French pronunciation: in Belgium, in France; 29 August 1862 - 6 May 1949) was a francophone Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who wrote in 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 form an important part of the Symbolist movement. Maeterlinck was born in Ghent, Belgium to a wealthy, French-speaking family. His father, Polydore, was a notary who enjoyed tending the greenhouses on their property. His mother, ...
