Norman Shapiro

Norman R. Shapiro is a professor of romance languages and literatures at Wesleyan University and a widely published, award-winning translator of French poetry, theater, and fiction. His works include Four Farces by Georges Feydeau, Selected Poems from “Les Fleurs du Mal” of Baudelaire, One Hundred and One Poems by Paul Verlaine, The Fabulists French, and The Complete Fables of Jean de La Fontaine. He is a member of the Academy of American Poets.

Published in VQR

• Family Scene, Winter 2008
• The Sledgehammer Argument of General Massu, Winter 2008