Jean de la Fontaine
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Birth Date 8 Jul 1621
Place of Birth Château-Thierry, Aisne, France
Personal Name 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