Charles Perrault

Charles Perrault was a French author and member of the Académie Française, born on 12 January 1628 and dead on 16 May 1703. He laid the foundations of a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with stories drawn from older folk tales and published in his 1697 book Histoires ou contes du temps passé. His best known tales include Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Puss in Boots, Sleeping Beauty and Bluebeard. Some of his versions influenced the German versions later published by the Brothers Grimm, and the stories continue to be printed and adapted in most entertainment formats. He was also an influential figure in the seventeenth century French literary scene and led the Modern faction in the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns.