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Jean de La Fontaine (UK: / ˌ l æ f ɒ n ˈ t ɛ n,-ˈ t eɪ n /, US: / ˌ l ɑː f ɒ n ˈ t eɪ n, l ə-, ˌ l ɑː f oʊ n ˈ t ɛ n /, 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.
Jean de La Fontaine was a poet whose Fables rank among the greatest masterpieces of French literature. La Fontaine was born in the Champagne region into a bourgeois family. There, in 1647, he married an heiress, Marie Héricart, but they separated in 1658.
Jean de La Fontaine, baptisé le 8 juillet 1621 en l' église Saint-Crépin-hors-les-murs à Château-Thierry et mort le 13 avril 1695 à Paris, est un homme de lettres du Grand siècle et l'un des principaux représentants du classicisme français.
Learn about the life and works of Jean de La Fontaine, a famous fabulist of the XVIIth century and a friend of Nicolas Fouquet. Discover how he celebrated the king and his palace in his writings and paintings.
Jean de La Fontaine. La Fontaine est aujourd’hui le plus connu des poètes français du xviie siècle, et il fut en son temps, sinon le plus admiré, du moins le plus lu, notamment grâce à ses Contes et à ses Fables. Styliste éblouissant, il a porté la fable, un genre avant lui mineur, à un degré d’accomplissement qui reste indépassable.
May 29, 2018 · Learn about the life and works of Jean de La Fontaine, a seventeenth-century author of popular and influential fables and tales. Explore his style, themes, sources, and legacy in this comprehensive biography.
Jean de La Fontaine (July 8, 1621 – April 13, 1695) was the most famous French fabulist and probably the most widely read French poet of the seventeenth century. According to Gustave Flaubert, he was the only French poet to understand and master the texture of the French language before Hugo.
