Jean de la Fontaine

Born

July 08, 1621 in Château-Thierry, Aisne, France

Died

April 13, 1695

Popularity

0.8018

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