Michel Désautels (born May 7, 1951) is a Canadian writer and journalist, best known as the host of ''Désautels'', the afternoon news and information program on the

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radio network from 2003 to 2013."Michel Désautels retrouve son micro"
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'', April 11, 2013. He announced in May 2013, soon after returning from a six-month

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for health reasons, that he would be retiring from the daily program, instead launching a new Sunday morning program for the network (which was relaunched as "Ici Radio-Canada Première") in fall 2013."Michel Désautels quitte son émission"
radio-canada.ca, May 2, 2013. The new program, ''Désautels le dimanche'', debuted in fall 2013."La première chaîne de Radio-Canada dévoile sa programmation d'automne". ''Info-Culture'', August 15, 2013. He has also published two novels, ''Smiley'' (1998) and ''La Semaine prochaine, je veux mourir'' (2000). He was formerly married to broadcaster Chantal Jolis from 1980 to 1990.

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