CHARLES PERRAULT
Born: January 12, 1628, Paris, France
Date and place of death: 16 May 1703, Paris, France
Charles Perrault is a French poet, writer and literary theorist.
He is best remembered for his collection of fairy stories for children, Contes de ma mère l’oye (1697; Tales of Mother Goose). He was the brother of the physician and amateur architect Claude Perrault.
