Jean de la Fontaine
| 8 Jul 1621 | Château-Thierry, Aisne, France
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Death date: 13 Apr 1695
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