Janine Montupet was born on 16 February 1919 in Oran, Algeria. She was a writer, known for Dans un grand vent de fleurs (1996). She died on 18 November 2012 in Hailey, Idaho, USA.
With husband Jean, she is the mother of artist and muralist Martine
Drackett; as of summer 2001 they were all sharing a house in the Wood
River Valley, Arizona.