Guy Bennett (born 1960) is an American poet, writer, and translator specializing in experimental literature and French-language works, based in Los Angeles, California.

Bennett earned his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in French Literature from the University of California, Los Angeles, completing his doctorate in 1993. His multifaceted career spans music, where he performed from 1978 to 1998; book design and typesetting from 1993 to 2017; and ongoing roles as a translator since 1993 and a professor in the Liberal Arts and Sciences department at Otis College of Art and Design since 1999. He has also taught at institutions including UCLA, El Camino College, Los Angeles City College, and Santa Monica College from 1989 to 2001.

Bennett’s literary output includes approximately ten collections of poetry, nonpoetic works, and numerous translations of French and Francophone authors, often exploring the boundaries of genre and experimentalism in the arts. He has contributed to journals, anthologies, and series such as bi-monthly chroniques titled “Parfois je veux juste toucher” in Diacritik (2024), and his work has been featured in international editions like Teflon (Athens, 2023, translated into Greek).