Born: 12 January 1628 · Died: 16 May 1703 · Age at death: 75
How old was Charles Perrault when he died?
Charles Perrault died aged 75. He was born on 12 January 1628 and died on 16 May 1703.
French author whose 1697 Tales of Mother Goose gave the world Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Little Red Riding Hood
Did you know?He wrote the versions of Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Little Red Riding Hood that remain the most famous in Western culture today.
Quick facts
Date of birth12 January 1628
Date of death16 May 1703
Age at death75
NationalityFrench
BirthplaceParis, France
Occupationwriter, poet, poet lawyer
Editor's Take:
Charles Perrault turned old folk tales into the fairy tales the world knows. He was a senior official under Louis XIV and helped run royal building projects. He sparked a famous literary quarrel by arguing that modern writers could equal the ancients. In 1697, in his late sixties, he published Tales of Mother Goose. It included Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood and Puss in Boots. He added glass slippers and moral lessons in verse. His versions shaped later retellings, from the Brothers Grimm to Disney.
Charles Perrault ( perr-OH, US also pə-ROH, 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 earlier folk tales, published in his 1697 book Histoires ou contes du temps passé.
