Michel Deguy
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Michel Deguy | |
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 Deguy in Speaking Portraits c.2003 | |
| Born | 23 May 1930 Paris, France |
| Died | 16 February 2022 (aged 91) Paris, France |
| Occupation(s) | Poet and translator |
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. As a translator, he translated Heidegger, Gongora, Sappho, Dante, and many others.
He 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.[2]
Deguy died in Paris on 16 February 2022, at the age of 91.[3] The actress Marie-Armelle Deguy is his daughter.[2]
