Macha Louis Rosenthal (March 14, 1917 – July 21, 1996) was an American poet, critic, editor, and teacher.
On January 7, 1939, he married Victoria Himmelstein, with whom he had three children: David, Alan, and Laura.
Cultural Exchange Program and was visiting specialist to Germany; in 1965, to Pakistan; in 1966, to Romania, Poland, and Bulgaria; and in 1980, to Italy and France.
Rosenthal was a fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies and twice won Guggenheim Fellowships (1960–1964).
He published numerous books of criticism and collections of verse and edited various anthologies of poetry.