La Fontaine
Americannoun
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Henri 1854–1943, Belgian statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1913.
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Jean de 1621–95, French poet and fabulist.
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Western writers — anyone from Jean de La Fontaine to James Joyce — could cull from the past without accusations of plagiarism because the Western canon was considered part of their heritage.
From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2022
In a jaw-dropping video, he reeled off the names of those illustrious figures from the past who had brought glory to the nation: Hugo, Racine, La Fontaine, Voltaire, Chateaubriand, Descartes, Pascal, and, yes, Molière.
From Slate ● Jan. 18, 2022
He’d transfer the digital files — from Chuck Brown at the Howard Theatre to Rare Essence at La Fontaine Bleue — then head to his day job selling ads for the Gazette newspapers.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 23, 2021
Two friends were driving along the quiet country roads of La Fontaine, Indiana, after a fishing trip one evening in 1975.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2021
All the elaborations and refinements of later authors, from Phaedrus to La Fontaine, are perversions of this original.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
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