Famous French Children's Authors

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Charles Perrault

(Iconic French Author Who Laid the Foundations for a New Literary Genre, the 'Fairy Tale')

Birthdate: January 12, 1628

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Paris, France

Died: May 16, 1703

Most people have grown up reading fairy tales such as Little Red Riding Hood and Puss in Boots. However, they aren’t probably aware that these folk tales were first collated and presented under the genre fairy tales, as Tales of Mother Goose, by 17th-century French author Charles Perrault.

Madame d'Aulnoy

(Writer)

Birthdate: 1651 AD

Birthplace: Barneville-la-Bertran, France

Died: January 4, 1705

Jean de Brunhoff

(Writer)

Birthdate: December 9, 1899

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Paris, France

Died: October 16, 1937

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Christophe Honoré

(Writer)

Birthdate: April 10, 1970

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Carhaix-Plouguer, France

Christian Jacq

(French Author and Egyptologist)

Birthdate: April 28, 1947

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Paris, France

Christian Jacq is a French Egyptologist and author. A great admirer of Ramses II, Jacq is best known for writing a five-book series about the pharaoh. He has also written many other novels about ancient Egypt. Christian Jacq is credited with founding the Ramses Institute, which aims at preserving endangered archaeological sites.

Elisabeth Beresford

(Author)

Birthdate: August 6, 1926

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Paris, France

Died: December 24, 2010

Countess of Ségur

(Writer)

Birthdate: August 1, 1799

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia

Died: February 8, 1874

Marcel Aymé

(Novelist)

Birthdate: March 29, 1902

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Joigny, France

Died: October 14, 1967

Cécile de Brunhoff

(Pianist)

Birthdate: October 16, 1903

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Paris, France

Died: April 7, 2003