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Jean de La Fontaine (UK: / ˌ l æ f ɒ n ˈ t ɛ n,-ˈ t eɪ n /, US: / ˌ l ɑː f ɒ n ˈ t eɪ n, l ə-, ˌ l ɑː f oʊ n ˈ t ɛ n /, French: [ʒɑ̃ d(ə) la fɔ̃tɛn]; 8 July 1621 – 13 April 1695) was a French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century.
Jean de La Fontaine (born July 8?, 1621, Château-Thierry, France—died April 13, 1695, Paris) was a poet whose Fables rank among the greatest masterpieces of French literature.
Jean de La Fontaine, baptisé le 8 juillet 1621 en l'église Saint-Crépin-hors-les-murs à Château-Thierry et mort le 13 avril 1695 à Paris, est un homme de lettres du Grand siècle et l'un des principaux représentants du classicisme français.
Jean de La Fontaine collected fables from a wide variety of sources, both Western and Eastern, and adapted them into French free verse. They were issued under the general title of Fables in several volumes from 1668 to 1694 and are considered classics of French literature .
Jean de La Fontaine was a French poet, most famous for his Fables. He published twelve books of these fables, which remain popular today for their wit, charm, and timeless wisdom. La Fontaine's fables are brief, entertaining stories featuring animals as characters who act out human foibles and offer moral lessons.
Jean de La Fontaine, (born July 8?, 1621, Château-Thierry, France—died April 13, 1695, Paris), French poet. He made important contacts in Paris, where he was able to attract patrons and spend his most productive years as a writer.
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May 29, 2018 · The French poet and man of letters Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695) was one of the great French classical authors. He preferred to work in relatively minor and unexploited genres, such as the fable and the verse tale.
Jean de La Fontaine (IPA: [ʒɑ̃ də la fɔ̃tɛn]; 8 July 1621 – 13 April 1695) was the first of the French fabulist. He was one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known for his fables. These provided a model for later fabulists across Europe.
Famous fabulist of the XVII eth century, Jean de La Fontaine was a close friend of Nicolas Fouquet, Louis XIV's Superintendent of Finances. Far from the daily life at court, he enters the French Academy in 1684.
Jean de La Fontaine (July 8, 1621 – April 13, 1695) was the most famous French fabulist and probably the most widely read French poet of the seventeenth century. According to Gustave Flaubert , he was the only French poet to understand and master the texture of the French language before Hugo .
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