Hans-Karl von Kupsch (7 March 1937 – 26 April 2020)[1] was a German jurist, who served from 1974 to 2000 as managing director of the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels.

During his tenure, the association successfully coped with changes in economy, politics and society, integrating information technology in the bookselling trade.

[3] He initiated an office at the Berlin Schiffbauerdamm, as a meeting place for intellectuals, book makers, politicians and artists.

[3] He was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1997, and a plaque "Dem Förderer des deutschen Buches" (To the Patron of the German Book) in 2001.

[5] They ran a private gallery of contemporary art in Langen,[4] Galerie von Kupsch, until 2004,[2] where they invited artists to the vernissages.