Jean de La Fontaine█
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1621 - 1695
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📝 fabulist📝 poet📝 children's writer📝 French moralist📝 playwright
📅 17th century

In the shade of ancient oaks and in the bustling court salons, I have woven the tales of foxes, crows, and all manner of beasts to mirror the folly and wisdom of humankind.

Ask me about the sly moral buried in a fable, my patient journey to the Académie Française, or how, with rhyme and wit, I tucked lessons for children and kings alike into the mouths of animals.

By lending a voice to the humble and the proud, I live on as France’s tireless fabulist, where every creature holds up a mirror to the soul.