# Jean de La Fontaine

> He wrote fables that became the template for every fabulist who came after. Three centuries on, his animal parables are still the ones French children grow up hearing, and his face has appeared on everything from statues to stamps.

*French poet, fabulist and writer (1621–1695)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/jean-de-la-fontaine

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** France
- **Born:** 1621-07-08
- **Died:** 1695-04-13
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born in July 1621, Jean de La Fontaine spent years under royal suspicion before the Académie Française finally admitted him. The Fables he produced became the most widely read poetry of 17th-century France, setting a standard that fabulists across Europe would follow and that inspired countless regional adaptations at home. His reputation never dimmed after his death in April 1695. France has kept him visible in bronze, on medals, coins, and postage — a poet whose talking animals outlasted the monarchy that once doubted him.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 76.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.9 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 25.1 / 100
- **Now attention:** 19.8 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100
- **Country rank:** #118
- **Category rank:** #166

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0209234/ (@nm0209234)

## Topics
#Writers, #Writer / Author, #Poetry, #Law, #Literature, #Theatre, #Early Modern Era

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_La_Fontaine)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49496)
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- [Jan de Lafonten](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_de_Lafonten)
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- [জঁ দ্য লা ফোঁতেন](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%81_%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF_%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%81%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8)
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