Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck (29 August 1862 - 6 May 1949) was a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who was a Fleming, but wrote in French. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911 "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." The main themes in his work are death and the meaning of life. His plays form an important part of the Symbolist movement. In this book: The Blue Bird: A Fairy Play in Six Acts Translator: Alexander Teixeira De Mattos The Life of the Bee Translator: Alfred Sutro Our Friend the Dog Translator: Alexander Teixeira de Mattos Wisdom and Destiny Translator: Alexander Teixeira De Mattos Alfred Sutro The Wrack of the Storm Translator: Alexander Teixeira De Mattos The Double Garden Translator: Alexander Teixeira De Mattos Alfred Sutro Pelleas and Melisande Translator: Richard Hovey The Buried Temple Translator: Alfred Sutro The Burgomaster of Stilemonde, A Play in Three Acts Translator: Alexander Teixeira De Mattos"