Charles Perrault (French: 12 January 1628 – 16 May
1703) 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 (Little Red Riding Hood), Cendrillon
(Cinderella),
Le Chat Botté (Puss in Boots), La Belle au bois Dormant (The
Sleeping Beauty), and Barbe Bleue (Bluebeard).[1]
Some of Perrault's versions of old stories may have influenced the German
versions published by the Brothers Grimm more than 100 years later.
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