Jean de La Fontaine - Wikipedia Jean de La Fontaine (UK: ˌlæ fɒnˈtɛn, - ˈteɪn , [1] US: ˌlɑː fɒnˈteɪn, lə -, ˌlɑː foʊnˈtɛn ; [2][3] 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
Jean de La Fontaine - New World Encyclopedia 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
Jean de La Fontaine | Research Starters | EBSCO Research Jean de La Fontaine was a prominent French poet and fabulist born in 1621 in a small farming town in Champagne He is best known for his fables, which cleverly depict human nature through anthropomorphized animals and offer moral lessons relevant to society
Jean de La Fontaine — Wikipédia Le brillant maniement des vers et la visée morale des textes, beaucoup plus complexes qu'il n'y paraît à la première lecture, ont déterminé le succès de cette œuvre à part et les Fables de La Fontaine sont toujours considérées comme un des chefs-d’œuvre de la littérature française
Jean de La Fontaine summary | Britannica Jean de La Fontaine, (born July 8?, 1621, Château-Thierry, France—died April 13, 1695, Paris), French poet He made important contacts in Paris, where he was able to attract patrons and spend his most productive years as a writer
Les 25 fables les plus connues de Jean de La Fontaine Les fables les plus connues de Jean de la Fontaine appartiennent à notre mémoire collective Leurs héros peuplent notre imaginaire et, près de quatre siècles après leur naissance, ils sont toujours aussi populaires
La Fontaines Fables - Wikipedia Jean de La Fontaine collected fables from a wide variety of sources, both Western and Eastern, and adapted them into French free verse They were issued under the general title of Fables in several volumes from 1668 to 1694 and are considered classics of French literature
Jean de La Fontaine explained What is Jean de La Fontaine? Jean de La Fontaine was a French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century