1621
Jean de La Fontaine, French author and poet (died 1695)
Jean de La Fontaine, French author and poet (died 1695)
Jean de La Fontaine, French author and poet (died 1695)
Jean de La Fontaine
French fabulist and poet (1621–1695)
- Born
- 1621
Jean de La Fontaine was a 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, as well as in French regional languages.