Author
Jean de La Fontaine
French Literature
A French poet and the most widely read French fabulist of the seventeenth century, whose twelve books of Fables (1668-1694), adapting and expanding on Aesop, the Panchatantra and other traditional sources into polished, ironic French verse, became the model later European fabulists worked from. Unlike Aesop's traditional and disputed biography, La Fontaine's life and authorship are thoroughly documented; he held a royal pension and a seat among the Immortals of the Academie francaise. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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In Genre
Fable, Genres Second author on Fable, alongside Aesop.
Source Wikipedia: Jean de La Fontaine
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Source Fables of La Fontaine (Wikipedia)
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1. Wikipedia: Jean de La Fontaine
Wikimedia Foundation (Wikipedia)Lead section, second sentence
He is known above all for his Fables, which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Europe and numerous alternative versions in France.
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Jean de La Fontaine (8 July 1621 - 13 April 1695) was a French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century.
Lead section (death date)
Jean de La Fontaine (8 July 1621 - 13 April 1695) was a French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century.
Original language statement
Jean de La Fontaine (UK: , US: ; French: [ʒɑ̃ d(ə) la fɔ̃tɛn]; 8 July 1621-13 April 1695) was a French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century.
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Jean de La Fontaine (UK: , US: ; French: [ʒɑ̃ d(ə) la fɔ̃tɛn]; 8 July 1621 - 13 April 1695) 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.
In Genre: Fable, Lead section (fabulist model claim)
He is known above all for his Fables, which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Europe and numerous alternative versions in France.
View the Source Fables of La Fontaine (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationWorks Attributed: Fables of La Fontaine, Lead section, authorshipQuote, Works Attributed: Fables of La Fontaine, Lead section, authorship
Jean de La Fontaine collected fables from a wide variety of sources, both Western and Eastern, and adapted them into French free verse.
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