Jean de la Fontaine

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Jean de la Fontaine

Writing July 8, 1621

Château-Thierry, Aisne, France

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. He is known above all for his Fables, whi…

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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. 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.

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  1. 2024
    Les Jeux de La Fontaine

    TV show Short Story

  2. 2023
    Croute que croute

    Movie Original Story

  3. 2006
    Báječná show

    Movie Original Film Writer

  4. 2005
    Les Fables

    Movie Novel

  5. 2005
    The Hare and the Turtle

    Movie Novel

  6. 2005
    A Cigarra e a Formiga

    Movie Novel

  7. 1994
  8. 1994
  9. 1986
    Softly from Paris

    TV show Original Story

  10. 1980
  11. 1980
    Čarovná čaša

    Movie Theatre Play

  12. 1970
    The Tortoise and the Hare

    Movie Novel

  13. 1966
    The Tortoise and the Hare

    Movie Story

  14. 1965
    The Double Bed

    Movie Writer

  15. 1963
    Death and the Lumberjack

    Movie Original Story

  16. 1962
    The Four Truths

    Movie Novel

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  1. 1954
  2. 1935
    Cock o' the Walk

    Movie Original Story

  3. 1927
    Eva and the Grasshopper

    Movie Writer

  4. 1921
    The Cat and the Canary

    Movie Story