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