Editing Maurice Maeterlinck (section)

===Later life===
In 1930, he bought a [[château]] in Nice, France, and named it ''Orlamonde'', a name occurring in his work ''Quinze Chansons''.<ref>Maurice Maeterlinck. 
[http://www.kellscraft.com/maeterlinckbioch8.html ''Quinze Chansons'', 1896–1900 (VII)]:<br>  {{blockquote|''"Les sept filles d'Orlamonde,<br> Quand la fée fut morte,<br> Les sept filles d'Orlamonde,<br> Ont cherché les portes."''}}</ref>

He was made a count by [[Albert I of Belgium|Albert I, King of the Belgians]] in 1932.<ref>Joris Casselman, ''Etienne De Greeff (1898–1961): Psychiatre, criminologue et romancier''.[https://books.google.com/books?id=8_UvBwAAQBAJ&dq=Etienne+De+Greeff++comte++Maeterlinck&pg=PT340 9. "Maurice Maeterlinck (1862–1949). 9.1 Sa vie et son oeuvre" ]. Bruxelles : Larcier, DL 2015 {{ISBN|9782804462819}}  Primento Digital Publishing, 2015 e {{ISBN|9782804479831}}.</ref>

According to an article published in ''[[The New York Times]]'' in 1940, he arrived in the United States from [[Lisbon]] on the Greek Liner ''Nea Hellas''. He had fled to Lisbon in order to escape the [[Nazism|Nazi]] invasion of both Belgium and France. While in Portugal, he stayed in Monte Estoril, at the Grande Hotel, between 27 July and 17 August 1939.<ref>[[Exiles Memorial Center]].</ref> The ''Times'' quoted him as saying, "I knew that if I was captured by the Germans I would be shot at once, since I have always been counted as an enemy of Germany because of my play, ''The Mayor of Stilmonde,'' which dealt with the conditions in Belgium during the German Occupation of 1918." As with his earlier visit to America, he still found Americans too casual, friendly and [[Francophile|Francophilic]] for his taste.<ref>Knapp, 157-58.</ref>

He returned to Nice after the war on 10 August 1947. He was President of [[PEN International]], the worldwide association of writers, from 1947 until 1949. In 1948, the [[French Academy]] awarded him the Medal for the French Language. He died in Nice on 6 May 1949 after suffering a heart attack.