Selected Works. Maurice Maeterlinck

Maurice Maeterlinck (1862–1949) was a prominent Belgian playwright, poet, essayist, and translator.

In the 1890s, Maeterlinck created the plays Uninvited (1890), The Blind (1890), The Seven Princesses (1891), Pelléas and Mélisande (1892), Aladdin and Palomide (1894), Inside (1894), The Death of Tentaguila (1894), Aglavena and Celisette (1896), and Ariadne and Bluebeard (1896), which were staged in European theaters and brought the author universal recognition.

In 1908, his famous play The Blue Bird was published, in which the author develops the idea of ​​cosmic unity and interdependence of all things.

In 1911, Maurice Maeterlinck was awarded the Nobel Prize “For his versatile literary activity, and especially for his dramatic works, distinguished by their richness of imagination and poetic fantasy.”

Maurice Maeterlinck left behind a large body of work, consisting of more than two dozen plays, three collections of poetry, and a number of philosophical and natural essays.

This edition of the works of the classic of Belgian literature, Nobel Prize laureate Maurice Maeterlinck (1862–1949) includes a complete collection of the writer’s early drama, as well as the world-famous extravaganza “The Blue Bird.” These works had a significant influence on the formation of European new drama and still captivate wide readership. In addition, the edition serves as a textbook of texts studied in secondary schools and higher education institutions in Ukraine.