Perrault was born in Paris on 12 January 1628, to a wealthy bourgeois family, the seventh child of Pierre Perrault and Paquette Le Clerc. Perrault was an influential figure in the 17th-century French literary scene, and was the leader of the Modern faction during the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns. The stories continue to be printed and have been adapted to most entertainment formats. Some of Perrault's versions of old stories influenced the German versions published by the Brothers Grimm more than 100 years later. The best known of his tales include Le Petit Chaperon Rouge (" Little Red Riding Hood"), Cendrillon (" Cinderella"), Le Maître chat ou le Chat botté (" Puss in Boots"), La Belle au bois dormant (" Sleeping Beauty"), and Barbe Bleue (" Bluebeard"). He laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from earlier folk tales, published in his 1697 book Histoires ou contes du temps passé ( Stories or Tales from Past Times). Charles Perrault ( / p ɛ ˈ r oʊ/ perr- OH, US also / p ə ˈ r oʊ/ pə- ROH, French: 12 January 1628 – ) was a French author and member of the Académie Française.
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