Jean de la Fontaine
Born: 8 July 1621
Died: 13 April 1695
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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