Michel Deguy

Michel Deguy is a poet and Professor Emeritus of philosophy and literature at Université de Paris VIII (Vincennes at Saint-Denis).He is past president of the Collège International de Philosophie (1989-1992), the Maison des écrivains, and the Centre International de Poésie (Marseille). Deguy is founding editor of the journal, Po&sie and an editorial board member of both Critique and Les Temps modernes. After the Fénéon, Max Jacob, and Mallarmé prizes for various works, Deguy received the Grand...See more

Michel Deguy is a poet and Professor Emeritus of philosophy and literature at Université de Paris VIII (Vincennes at Saint-Denis).He is past president of the Collège International de Philosophie (1989-1992), the Maison des écrivains, and the Centre International de Poésie (Marseille). Deguy is founding editor of the journal, Po&sie and an editorial board member of both Critique and Les Temps modernes. After the Fénéon, Max Jacob, and Mallarmé prizes for various works, Deguy received the Grand Prix de Poésie in 1989 and, for Po&sie, the Encyclopedia Universalis prize. Among Deguy's 21st-century books are La Raison poétique (2000), Desolatio (2007), L'état de la désunion (Galaade, 2010), Poésie et écologie (2016), L'envergure des comparses (2017) and Poèmes et Tombeau pour Yves Bonnefoy (2018). See less