Charles Perrault (12 January 1628 – 16 May 1703) was a French author and member of the Académie française and on his birthday today Google has honoured him with a doodle.
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 (Little Red Riding Hood), Cendrillon (Cinderella), Le Chat Botté (Puss in Boots), La Belle au bois dormant (The Sleeping Beauty) and Barbe bleue (Bluebeard).
Although it was another French author who first coined the term 'fairy tale' for her writings, it is Charles who is often credited as the founder of the modern fairy tale genre. Even so, many of the most well-known tales that we hear today, such as Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood, are told as he wrote them.
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 (Little Red Riding Hood), Cendrillon (Cinderella), Le Chat Botté (Puss in Boots), La Belle au bois dormant (The Sleeping Beauty) and Barbe bleue (Bluebeard).
Although it was another French author who first coined the term 'fairy tale' for her writings, it is Charles who is often credited as the founder of the modern fairy tale genre. Even so, many of the most well-known tales that we hear today, such as Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood, are told as he wrote them.
Charles Perrault - the man who gave us fairy tales!
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