Jean de La Fontaine

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French writer fabulist human librettist playwright poet

Jean de La Fontaine was a 17th-century French poet and fabulist best known for his enduring collection of moral fables inspired by Aesop.

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Label Occurrences
Jean de La Fontaine canonical 9
La Fontaine 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French writer ⓘ
fabulist ⓘ
human ⓘ
librettist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
buriedIn Cimetière des Innocents (originally) ⓘ
Musée Carnavalet ⓘ
surface form: Musée Carnavalet (reinterred remains)
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France ⓘ
dateOfAdmission 1684 ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1621-07-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1695-04-13 ⓘ
educatedAt Collège de Château-Thierry ⓘ
Oratorian college in Reims ⓘ
ethnicGroup French ⓘ
familyName Jean de La Fontaine self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: La Fontaine
fullName Jean de La Fontaine self-link ⓘ
genre fable ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
tale ⓘ
givenName Jean ⓘ
hasWorkInTheCollection Bibliothèque nationale de France ⓘ
Louvre Museum (prints and drawings) ⓘ
inspiredBy Aesop's fables ⓘ
surface form: Aesop

Eastern fable traditions ⓘ
Phaedrus ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
mannerOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
memberOf Académie française ⓘ
movement Classicism ⓘ
nativeLanguage French ⓘ
notableIdea didactic moral fables ⓘ
use of animals as allegories for human behavior ⓘ
notableWork Contes et nouvelles en vers ⓘ
La Fontaine’s Fables ⓘ
surface form: Fables de La Fontaine
occupation fabulist ⓘ
librettist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
placeOfBirth Champagne ⓘ
Château-Thierry ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
placeOfDeath Kingdom of France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
positionHeld académicien of the Académie française ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Château-Thierry ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Marie Héricart ⓘ
workPeriod 17th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Père Lachaise Cemetery → burialPlaceOf → Jean de La Fontaine ⓘ
Nicolas Fouquet → patronOf → Jean de La Fontaine ⓘ
Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte → significantPerson → Jean de La Fontaine ⓘ
Henri La Fontaine → familyName → Jean de La Fontaine ⓘ
this entity surface form: La Fontaine
Jean de La Fontaine → fullName → Jean de La Fontaine self-link ⓘ
Jean de La Fontaine → familyName → Jean de La Fontaine self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: La Fontaine
French classicism → majorFigure → Jean de La Fontaine ⓘ
Auteuil, Paris, France → notableResident → Jean de La Fontaine ⓘ
Château-Thierry → associatedWith → Jean de La Fontaine ⓘ
Château-Thierry → notableResident → Jean de La Fontaine ⓘ
La Fontaine’s Fables → author → Jean de La Fontaine ⓘ