Some of the most outstanding authors of fables throughout history have been Aesop, Jean de la Fontaine or Tomás de Iriarte.
The fable Is a brief fiction story, which can be represented in prose or verse, and is characterized by characters characterized by animals or humanized objects.
The main objective of the fable is to leave a moral or moralizing message in the outcome of the plot, of a didactic and largely reflective character.
Here is a list of famous authors who have excelled in the genre of the fable:
Aesop
Fabulista of Ancient Greece, known by the creation of a great amount of fables of educative nature, generally carried out by animals.
In their stories, a dilemma usually solved according to the characters' criteria, and at the end of the story, the results (positive or negative) are evaluated, depending on the decision taken by the participants.
Aesop is attributed the authorship of fables of renown like: the tortoise and the hare, the slut and the storks, the scorpion and the frog, among others.
Gayo Julio Phaedrus
Roman fable writer, author of 101 highly moralizing and educational fables.
Phaedrus was a slave from ancient Macedonia, and according to his own testimony, resorted to the invention of fables to conceal the expression of the ideas of the slaves before their masters, and thus avoid violent reactions on their part.
Jean de la Fontaine
French writer of the mid-seventeenth century. At first he served as a forest inspector, but at 38 years of age decided to focus on literature.
Among his main works are: the priest and the dead, the miller, and the crow and the fox.
Tomás de Iriarte
Spanish writer who lived in the late eighteenth century. It reached the literary cusp with the publication of his work Fables Literary in 1782, where publications such as the fables of the flute donkey, the horse and the squirrel, the monkey, and the two rabbits stand out.
José Núñez de Cáceres
Recognized Dominican politician and writer born in the Dominican Republic at the end of the 18th century.
His work consists of twelve fables, among which are: the wolf and the fox, the rabbit and the bee and the bee. He signed his works under the pseudonym"El fabulista noviante".
The Grimm brothers
Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm were two German brothers born in the late eighteenth century, famous for their collection of 210 stories, made up of fairy tales, fables, rustic farces and religious allegories.
Among his stories include: Cinderella, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Hänsel and Gretel, Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty, among others.
Rafael Pombo
He was born in Bogotá in the middle of the nineteenth century and served as diplomat and writer simultaneously.
Among his most outstanding fables are the story of the Pansy Tadpole, Doña Pánfaga, El niño y la mariposa, and Pastorcita, all published in his book Cuentos pintados y cuentos morales para niños formal (1954).
Augusto Monterroso
Honduran writer who died in 2003, widely known for his foray into short stories, as well as writing essays and novels.
One of his most famous works was The Black Sheep and Other Fables (1969), where you can appreciate a style of impeccable narration.
Jairo Anibal Niño
Writer, poet and Colombian playwright who died in 2010. He excelled mainly in the field of children's and youth literature.
It has more than 40 works to his credit, and occasionally he signed his texts under the pseudonym of Amadeo Zoro.
David Sánchez Juliao
Colombian writer died in 2011. His professional life developed predominantly as a teacher.
Subsequently, he devoted himself to writing, and published novels, short stories, fables, stories for children and written testimonies and recorded in his own voice. His most outstanding work is"But I am still the king".
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- Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia (2017). Grimm brothers. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Retrieved from es.wikipedia.org.