- BIRTH 08/07/1621
- DEATH 13/04/1695
- Country France
- SCRIPT 2
Jean de la Fontaine
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
