Using his influence as Colbert's administrative aide, in April 1667 he was able to get his brother, Claude Perrault, appointed to a committee of three, the Petit Conseil, also including Louis Le Vau and Charles Le Brun, who designed the new section of the Louvre, the Colonnade, built between 16, to be overseen by Colbert. Jean Chapelain, Amable de Bourzeys, and Jacques Cassagne (the King's librarian) were also appointed. When the Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres was founded in 1663, Perrault was appointed its secretary and served under Jean Baptiste Colbert, finance minister to King Louis XIV. In 1654, he moved in with his brother Pierre, who had purchased the position of chief tax collector of the city of Paris. He took part in the creation of the Academy of Sciences as well as the restoration of the Academy of Painting. He attended very good schools and studied law before embarking on a career in government service, following in the footsteps of his father and elder brother Jean.
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).
Writer, author, member of the académie françaiseĬharles 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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