Maurice Maeterlinck

Belgian playwright and essayist (1862–1949).

Born August 29th, 1862 in Ghent. [ref]

Died May 6th, 1949 at 86 years old in Nice. [ref]

Occupations
author, essayist, librettist, philosopher, playwright, poet, translator, writer

Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Miguel Angel Ruiz