Born in 1927, Jacques Dupin began his active career as a poet in 1950. With André du Bouchet and Yves Bonnefoy, he became a frequent contributor and editor of the journal L’Ephémère which from 1967 became, along with Tel Quel, the most important literary journal in France. For a number of years Dupin directed publication for the Galerie Maeght in Paris.