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Jean de la Fontaine

Writer

July 8, 1621 — April 13, 1695 (73 years)
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

Known For

  • De Fabeltjeskrant
    De Fabeltjeskrant25 seasons
  • The Four Truths
    The Four Truths1962
  • The Grasshopper and the Ant
    The Grasshopper and the Ant1954
  • Children's Island
    Children's Island3 seasons
  • Death and the Lumberjack
    Death and the Lumberjack1963
  • The Hare and the Turtle
    The Hare and the Turtle2005
  • A Cigarra e a Formiga
    A Cigarra e a Formiga2005
  • The Double Bed
    The Double Bed1965

Filmography

2005
A Lebre e a Tartaruga · as Novel
2005
A Cigarra e a Formiga · as Novel
1968
De Fabeltjeskrant
1965
The Double Bed
1962
Three Fables of Love · as Novel
1913
The Dragonfly and the Ant

2024
Les Jeux de La Fontaine · as Short Story
2008
Le point sur Robert · as Poem
1986
Softly from Paris · as Original Story
1980
Les contes de La Fontaine · as Story
1974
Children's Island · as Poem "le Lièvre Et Les Grenouilles" By
1968
Fábulas · as Story
1963
La muerte y el leñador · as Original Story
1954
The Grasshopper and the Ant · as Story