Norman R. Shapiro , translator of French poetry and theater, is Distinguished Professor of Literary Translation at Wesleyan University. As Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres de la République Française and member of the Academy of American Poets, he has published numerous award-winning collections, including The Complete Fables of Jean de La Fontaine . Olga Pastuchiv 's art enlivens a number of volumes, among them her children's picture book Minas and the Fish .