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La Fontaine — The fabulist, 1621–1695, Fouquet’s protégé
Master of Waters and Forests at Château-Thierry turned poet in Paris, he was pensioned by Fouquet and stayed loyal to him after his fall. His Fables, dedicated to the Dauphin in 1668, made his fame without making his fortune; the Académie française admitted him late, in 1684. (Editorial synthesis)
La Fontaine was born in 1621. (source: Archives départementales and Encyclopædia Universalis)
La Fontaine was born in Château-Thierry. (source: Larousse)
La Fontaine died on 13 April 1695. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
La Fontaine died in Paris. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Recorded work of La Fontaine: the Fables. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
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