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 , 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 , the , the , the Prix Fénéon, and the Prix Joseph-Kessel. The actress Marie-Armelle Deguy is his daughter.