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Jean de la Fontaine

Jean de la Fontaine

Jean de la Fontaine

1621-07-08

Château-Thierry, Aisne, France

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Biography

The most famous 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, and in French regional languages. -Wikipedia entry

Best known for:

Cock o' the Walk

The Four Truths

Softly from Paris

The Grasshopper and the Ant

The Double Bed

Les contes de La Fontaine

Eva and the Grasshopper

Death and the Lumberjack

The Hare and the Turtle

The Crow that wanted to imitate the Eagle

The Tortoise and the Hare

The Tortoise and the Hare

Čarovná čaša

Lusty Liaisons

Lusty Liaisons II

A Cigarra e a Formiga

Báječná show

Les Jeux de La Fontaine

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Filmography:

Eva and the Grasshopper (1927)
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Writer
Cock o' the Walk (1935)
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Story
The Grasshopper and the Ant (1954)
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Story
The Four Truths (1962)
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Novel
Death and the Lumberjack (1963)
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Original Story
The Double Bed (1965)
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Writer
The Tortoise and the Hare (1966)
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Story
The Tortoise and the Hare (1970)
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Novel

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Softly from Paris (1986)
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Original Story
Lusty Liaisons (1994)
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Story
Lusty Liaisons II (1994)
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Story
The Hare and the Turtle (2005)
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Novel
A Cigarra e a Formiga (2005)
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Novel
Les Jeux de La Fontaine (2024)
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Short Story
The Crow that wanted to imitate the Eagle
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Original Story

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