![]() ![]() La Fontaine wrote one of his most beautiful poems as an impassioned plea for mercy. One of his patrons Nicolas Fouquet, was arrested for embezzlement and treason and sentenced to death. ![]() ![]() In 1658 he left his family and moved to Paris, where he lived his most productive years, devoting himself to writing. La Fontaine had decided to become a famous writer. In 1647 he married Marie Héricart, an heiress, but the marriage was unhappy and they separated in 1658. He held a number of government posts, but they did not pay much money. La Fontaine qualified as a lawyer but he returned home in 1647 and assisted his father, a superintendent of forests. He went to Paris to study medicine and theology, but was drawn to the whirls of social life. Jean de La Fontaine was born in Chateau-Thierry, Champagne, in central France, the son of a government official. ![]()
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