Jean de la Fontaine

  • Known for: Writer
  • Date of birth: 1621. July 8.
  • Place of birth: Château-Thierry, Aisne, France

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...

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