- Birthday
- 1711-04-26
- Deathday
- 1780-09-08
- Place of Birth
- Rouen, France
Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
WritingBiography
Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (26 April 1711 – 8 September 1780) was a French novelist who wrote the best known version of Beauty and the Beast. Her third husband was the French spy Thomas Pichon (1757–1760).