Career
Jean Audard was the brother of the Surrealist poet Pierre Audard (1909-1981). In the late 1920s, he cofounded a poetry magazine Rationale (1928-1930) with other young poets, as well as founding Zarathoustra, a more philosophical journal. Around this time he became a correspondent of Oscar Milosz.
In the 1930s he was a contributor to Cahiers du Sud, and joined others associated with Surrealism in anti-Fascist efforts.
He wrote for the wartime (1939-1946) poetry magazine Messages. He had three children.
Elsa is a psychoanalyst in Paris. Frédéric, the youngest, created his own communication agency in the East of France.