Michel Deguy (23 May 1930 – 16 February 2022) was a French poet and translator.

Deguy was born in Paris on 23 May 1930 into a family of industrialists.

[1] He taught French literature at the Universite de Paris VIII (Saint-Denis) for many years.

He also served as director of the French literary journal Po&sie, and as editor of Les Temps Modernes, the literary journal founded by Jean-Paul Sartre.

[2] Deguy died in Paris on 16 February 2022, at the age of 91.