Charles Perrault
Writer, Author
1628 – 1703
Who was Charles Perrault?
Charles Perrault was a French author and member of the Académie française. He laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from pre-existing folk tales. The best known of his tales include Le Petit Chaperon rouge, Cendrillon, Le Chat Botté, La Belle au bois dormant and La Barbe bleue. Many of Perrault's stories, which were rewritten by the Brothers Grimm, continue to be printed and have been adapted to opera, ballet, theatre, and film. Perrault was an influential figure in the 17th-century French literary scene, and was the leader of the Modern faction during the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns.
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- Born
- Jan 12, 1628
Paris - Also known as
- Perrault
- C. Perrault
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Marie Guichon
(1672/05/01 - 1678)
- Marie Guichon
- Children
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Ethnicity
- French people
- Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Education
- Collège de Beauvais
- Employment
- Personal assistant, Jean-Baptiste Colbert
(1661 - ) - Contrôleur des Bâtiments, Louis XIV of France
- Secretary, Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
(1663 - 1695)
- Personal assistant, Jean-Baptiste Colbert
- Died
- May 16, 1703
Paris
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on July 23, 2013
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