The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Krylov, Ivan Andreyevich
(vän´ ndr´vch krlôf´) (KEY) , 1769–1844, Russian fabulist. Some of his more than 200 fables were adapted from Aesop and La Fontaine, but most were original. A moralist, Krylov used popular language to satirize human weaknesses, social customs, and political events. His works won him international renown.
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