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Jean de la Fontaine

Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

July 8, 1621(73)

Day of Death

April 13, 1695

Place of Birth

Château-Thierry, Aisne, France

Jean de la Fontaine

Writing

Biography

The most famous French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his Fables, which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Europe and numerous alternative versions in France, and in French regional languages. -Wikipedia entry