Pierre Coran is one of Belgium's most renowned poets who has been
honored and has won most of Belgium's literary awards. His fables and
children stories are published around the world. TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE
Since I introduced Pierre Coran (pseud. Eugène Delaisse) to my
anglophone readers with the collection Fables in a Modern Key (2014), my
translation of his Fables à l'air du temps, this whimsical octogenarian
celebrated throughout his native Belgium as a preeminent "children's
poet" -- though only, in truth, for the most precocious of children!--
has imperceptibly grown a year older and added to his already enviable
list of literary honors. Coran continues to live in the rural town of
Jurbise in the Walloon province of Hainaut, with his actress wife Irène,
always finding time for enriching and inspiring travel-- and never
without productive pen in hand. - Norman R. Shapiro Pierre Coran, whose
real name is Eugene Delaisse (born in 1934 in Mons ) is a poet and
novelist of the Belgian French-language . He lives with his wife in the
village 's Erbisoeul in the province of Hainaut. One of Belgium's most
renowned poets with some 45 poetry books published to date. He is also
the author of some 25 published novels, 24 books of fables, 100's of
comic book stories, several screenplays, and a number of albums which
have been translated into a dozen plus languages. His children stories
and fables are widely published around the world but this is
surprisingly only the second selection of his fables to be translated
into English in a full length book format. Coran has been the recipient
of all of Belgium's literary awards over the years. Translated by one of
America's most award winning French translators Norman R. Shapiro
