Michel Deguy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Michel Deguy

French poet

Date of Birth: 25-May-1930

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Profession: poet, editor-in-chief, university teacher

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Michel Deguy (born 1930 in Paris) is a French poet and translator.
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.
As a translator, he has translated Heidegger, Gongora, Sappho, Dante, and many others. Deguy has won the following prizes for his work: the Prix Mallarme, the Grand prix national de la poésie, the Prix Max Jacob, the Grand Prix de Poésie de l'Académie Française, the Prix Fénéon, and the Prix Joseph-Kessel.The actress Marie-Armelle Deguy is his daughter.